The Yorkshire Television vitrified wall experiment at East Tullos, City of Aberdeen District
Wall, timber-laced wall, vitrified walls, experimental archaeology
East Tullos; City of Aberdeen; Aberdeenshire, Scotland; UK
Late Prehistoric
Abstract
Experimental firing of a full-scale model of a pine-laced wall provoked limited localised vitrification of the hearting. The results may be added to previously garnered evidence to refute the suggestion that vitrification was constructional in intent. The large-scale vitrification of some Scottish sites must have provided a spectacular intimation of destructive power.