article_snippet: Road developers have been ordered to move a giant rock along a new road - because Road developers is believed to be an ancient elven church in Icelandic folklore.
article_snippet: The formation has now been placed by the side of the route near similar rocks, just over a year after Issue hit international headlines when campaigners urged the highway project to be halted.
article_snippet: But while the building of Rocky road will now go ahead, the rock has been spared and was transferred to the rock new location yesterday, reported the Morgunblaðið (‘Morning Paper’) newspaper.
article_snippet: Workers had estimated that the two parts of the rock weighed 20 and 50 tonnes – and while Workers were correct about the latter, the former was in fact 37, resulting in a total weight of 87 tonnes.
article_snippet: While the building of the road in Iceland will now go ahead, the rock has been spared and was transferred to the rock new location yesterday (above) she told Morgunblaðið:
article_snippet: An Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration spokesman confirmed yesterday that Ms Jonsdottir was 'pleased with the arrangement and removal’ of the rock.
article_snippet: The road is being built between the Alftanes peninsula to Gardabaer, south of the capital Reykjavik .
highlights_snippet: Formation placed by side of Alftanes-Gardabaer route near similar rocks .
  
highlights_snippet: Building of road in Iceland will now go ahead, but rock has been spared .