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Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Experimental Archaeology

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Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

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Artefactual evidence

Comparing excavated sites

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Crafts

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Recording artefacts in situ

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection