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Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

More comparative studies

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Recording artefacts in situ

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Just digging

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Crafts

Experimental reconstruction

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Conferences

Experimental Archaeology

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Artefactual evidence

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Comparing excavated sites