 In Icelandic historical references regarding farmland in Iceland, written in 1702–1714, it says that landslides spoilt fields at the Hellar farm which perhaps refers to the ones that fell into the cave.The descriptions are not accurate enough though for anything but speculations and it could just as well refer to other landslides, elsewhere on the mountain.Although those landslides must have been a great curse to whoever lived at this farm at the time, they may have been something of a blessing in disguise for Hellnahellir.