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Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Experimental Archaeology

Comparing excavated sites

More comparative studies

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Experimental reconstruction

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Crafts

Artefactual evidence

Conferences

Just digging

Recording artefacts in situ

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Documentary record search