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Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

& just digging

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Highly vesicular bloomery slag

experimental archaeology

 

 

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

more comparative studies

 

 

artefactual evidence

 

 

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

 

recording artefacts in situ

 

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

experimental reconstruction

 

 

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Conferences

comparing excavated sites

 

 

Crafts

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British