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Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Experimental Archaeology

Artefactual evidence

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Experimental reconstruction

Conferences

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Crafts

Just digging

Recording artefacts in situ

Documentary record search

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Comparing excavated sites

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

More comparative studies