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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 645462
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/645462
HY43SW 22 unlocated.
In the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) there is a specimen (of vitrified material?) from a "vitrified fort" on the island of Rousay Orkney, presented by James Traill Esq., in 1787.
A Way 1849.
No knowledge of vitrifaction in Rousay. Could this specimen be from a burnt mound?
Visited by OS(AA) 18 October 1972.