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Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Experimental Archaeology

Comparing excavated sites

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Just digging

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

More comparative studies

Experimental reconstruction

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Artefactual evidence

Conferences

Recording artefacts in situ

Crafts

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Documentary record search

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)