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Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British
experimental archaeology


Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)
Conferences
Crafts

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection
comparing excavated sites


Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)