Hurstwic: Comparison of Test Burns of Viking-age Turfhouses

Hurstwic is using experimental archaeology to investigate the common Viking-age battle tactic of attacking an opponent by setting fire to his longhouse. The testing will culminate in a Fire Festival at Eiríksstaðir in Iceland in July.
In preparation for the festival, we have conducted a series of test burns, both on full-size structures, and on scale models of Viking-age turfhouses.
The attack began by bringing fire to the outside of the door, the only use of readily-combustible wood on the exterior of the house. Our tests have explored how a fire set at the outside of the door spreads to the inside of the house. This video compares the spread of the fire in a scale model of the full house to the spread in a full-sized build of a portion of the house.
More information about the festival:
www.hurstwic.c...
A short video explaining the tactic of attacking a man by burning his house:
• Hurstwic / Eiríksstaði...
A short video explaining why the door was the focus of the attack on the house, as well as the defense:
• Hurstwic Fire Festival...
A more detailed report on the full-size burn shown in this video:
• Hurstwic: Preliminary ...
Excerpt of a scale model test burn was taken from: Flow Path and Fire Behavior Demonstration - Salem FD
• Flow Path and Fire Beh...

[@sheep1ewe]

I realy looking forward to see more of the experiments!

[@Krucek6666]

Well my initial plan was to be there but unfortunately that can't happen. But I'll be there in spirit.