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Gamle Hellesund is an outport in Høvåg in the municipality of Lillesand, Norway. It is located about halfway between Ulvøysund in southwest and Ågerøya in the Northeast. The outport is located on the island of ''Helløya''. Both Sverres saga and Baglersagaene (Snorre Sturlason) mentions the port of Helgasund respectively in 1197 and 1207, but it is not known whether it concerns Gamle Hellesund or Ny-Hellesund in Søgne. Dutch books for maritime pilots and nautical charts from the 16th century mentions ''Olde Hil Sont'' and ''Gammel Hil Sont'', indicating that the outport was known for foreign sailors already then. Gamle Hellesund had its point of highest tension in the 19th century, in the so-called ''era of sailing ships'', it was a lot of maritime traffic along the coast, and ships from many countries visited the outports. Southern Norway then had a very active period, with diverse shipyards and shipping companies. Because of all the activity, Gamle Hellesund had a pilot station and a customs station. Nowadays Gamle Hellesund stays empty most of the year, except some intense summer months. ==References== * Wikander, Johan A.(1989): "Gamle havner ved Grimstad", Selskapet for Grimstad Bys Vel * Gundersen, Dag (overs.)(1979): "Norges kongesagaer, bind III", Gyldendal Norsk Forlag 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gamle Hellesund」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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