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Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

More comparative studies

Documentary record search

Just digging

Experimental reconstruction

Artefactual evidence

Experimental Archaeology

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Comparing excavated sites

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Recording artefacts in situ

Conferences

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Crafts