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Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Just digging

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

More comparative studies

Crafts

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Conferences

Recording artefacts in situ

Documentary record search

Comparing excavated sites

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Experimental Archaeology

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Experimental reconstruction

Artefactual evidence