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Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Comparing excavated sites

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Experimental Archaeology

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

More comparative studies

Artefactual evidence

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Documentary record search

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Recording artefacts in situ

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Crafts

Just digging

Conferences

Experimental reconstruction