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Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

More comparative studies

Experimental reconstruction

Artefactual evidence

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Conferences

Experimental Archaeology

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Recording artefacts in situ

Just digging

Crafts

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Comparing excavated sites

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