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Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Documentary record search

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Just digging

Recording artefacts in situ

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Comparing excavated sites

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

More comparative studies

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Conferences

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Artefactual evidence

Experimental reconstruction

Crafts

Experimental Archaeology