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Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

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Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

More comparative studies

Experimental reconstruction

Artefactual evidence

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Just digging

Recording artefacts in situ

Conferences

Crafts

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Experimental Archaeology

Comparing excavated sites