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Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Experimental reconstruction

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Comparing excavated sites

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Experimental Archaeology

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Artefactual evidence

Documentary record search

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

More comparative studies

Conferences

Recording artefacts in situ

Crafts