Vitrified forts are stone enclosures whose walls have been subjected to vitrification through heat. It was long thought that these structures were unique...

cryoprotectants. Cryogenics Crystallization Supercooling Vitrified fort Steven Ashle (June 2002). "Divide and Vitrify" (PDF). Scientific American. 286 (6): 17–19....

is a vitrified fort dating from the Iron Age situated near the town of Dundonald in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The remains of the Iron Age fort or dun...

Martello towers, sometimes known simply as Martellos, are small defensive forts that were built across the British Empire during the 19th century, from...

miles (five kilometres) to the west, stands a large and very complete vitrified fort with ramparts. An obelisk, 51 feet (16 m) high, was erected over the...

Carradale Point Fort is a promontory vitrified fort on Carradale Point near Carradale, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The fort measures 56.5 metres (185 ft)...

Promontory fort Rampart Ringfort (Rath) Refuge castle Schwedenschanze Stockade Sudis Trou de loup Vallum Wagon fort (Laager) Vitrified fort Post-classical...

AD. The site has been designated a scheduled ancient monument. The vitrified fort is the centre of a settlement within another rampart which encloses...

images List of destroyed heritage – Destroyed Heritage Vitrified fort – Stone enclosure with vitrified walls Thompson 1987, pp. 179–185. Steane 1999. Nevell...

and Galloway. Recent archaeological excavations at Trusty's Hill, a vitrified fort near Gatehouse of Fleet, and the analysis of its artefacts in the context...

Promontory fort Rampart Ringfort (Rath) Refuge castle Schwedenschanze Stockade Sudis Trou de loup Vallum Wagon fort (Laager) Vitrified fort Post-classical...

Promontory fort Rampart Ringfort (Rath) Refuge castle Schwedenschanze Stockade Sudis Trou de loup Vallum Wagon fort (Laager) Vitrified fort Post-classical...

century Dark Ages hill fort called the Mote of Mark adjoins Rockcliffe. Furthermore this site is an example of a vitrified fort. Baron's Craig is a Victorian...

Piercebridge Roman Fort is a scheduled ancient monument situated in the village of Piercebridge on the banks of the River Tees in modern-day County Durham...

converting the Pictish king Brude, who is supposed to have resided in the vitrified fort on Craig Phadrig, on the western edge of the city. A church or a monk's...

the axe marks from the executions. Mote Hill is also the site of a vitrified fort, destroyed by fire in the first half of the first millennium AD. This...

hill is occupied by a vitrified fort; a stone structure affected by fire to produce a glass-like material. The inner wall of the fort defines an area around...

Promontory fort Rampart Ringfort (Rath) Refuge castle Schwedenschanze Stockade Sudis Trou de loup Vallum Wagon fort (Laager) Vitrified fort Post-classical...

fifteenth century. The oldest "structure" in the area is the remains of a vitrified fort on the top of Wester Craiglockhart Hill, which is of prehistoric origin...

"The Mystery Of Vitrified Fortresses Of Europe, An Unexplained Geological Anomaly". 13 April 2018. malagabay (5 May 2016). "Vitrified Forts – Up In Smoke"...

and timber. There were two walls, an inner wall and the outside one. Vitrified forts are the remains of duns that have been set on fire and where stones...

Promontory fort Rampart Ringfort (Rath) Refuge castle Schwedenschanze Stockade Sudis Trou de loup Vallum Wagon fort (Laager) Vitrified fort Post-classical...

of antiquity - mainly stone circles, cairns and forts - appear in the eastern district. A vitrified fort crowns the hill of Knockfarrel in the parish of...

occasional traces of structural stone in varying quantity. Remains of vitrified forts are also found throughout Scotland. Bennachie Dunnicaer Dunnideer Tap...

period of Roman occupation of Britain. There are also large numbers of vitrified forts, which have been subjected to fire, many of which may date to this...

show evidence of vitrification, suggesting that the fort was burned at some point in its history. Other similarly sized vitrified forts within the area...

leads it to believe this is a significant site of interest. [2] This vitrified fort lies on top of a headland which commands extensive views of the Moray...

the site are a rocky Iron Age fort and a vitrified fort that has been grown over with ground vegetation. The Iron Age fort measures about 14 metres (46 ft)...

Burnt Islands, Eilean Buidhe, is the site of the remains of a circular vitrified fort about 19.5 m (64 ft) in diameter. The remaining walls stand up to 1...

Dunagoil is a vitrified fort or dun on the Isle of Bute – an Iron Age hill fort whose ramparts have been melted by intense heat. It stands on a volcanic...