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Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Conferences

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Experimental Archaeology

More comparative studies

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Documentary record search

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Crafts

Comparing excavated sites

Experimental reconstruction

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Just digging

Recording artefacts in situ

Artefactual evidence