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Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Recording artefacts in situ

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Just digging

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Crafts

Artefactual evidence

Comparing excavated sites

Documentary record search

More comparative studies

Conferences

Experimental Archaeology

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Experimental reconstruction

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection