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Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Artefactual evidence

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Just digging

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Crafts

Experimental Archaeology

Conferences

Recording artefacts in situ

Experimental reconstruction

Documentary record search

Comparing excavated sites

More comparative studies