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Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

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Just digging

Comparing excavated sites

Experimental reconstruction

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

More comparative studies

Artefactual evidence

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Experimental Archaeology

Recording artefacts in situ

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)