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Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Experimental Archaeology

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Experimental reconstruction

Recording artefacts in situ

Conferences

Just digging

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Artefactual evidence

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Documentary record search

Crafts

Comparing excavated sites

More comparative studies

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)