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Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Comparing excavated sites

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

More comparative studies

Crafts

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Experimental Archaeology

Recording artefacts in situ

Documentary record search

Artefactual evidence

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Just digging

Experimental reconstruction

Conferences