Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Vitrified Forts

There are some things in archaeology that fascinate me for no really logical reason: Vitrified forts are one of them.

Vitrified Fort at Dunnideer Scotland
Vitrified Fort at Dunnideer Scotland. Photo by Stu Smith

Vitrified forts are Iron Age hillforts that have been subjected to extreme heat, so hot in fact, that the surface of the stone turned to glass--vitrified. There are about 200 of these in the world, and archaeologists think some of these were set ablaze on purpose. Interesting, huh?

Source: http://archaeology.about.com/b/2011/06/13/vitrified-forts.htm

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