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Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Comparing excavated sites

Experimental reconstruction

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

More comparative studies

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Recording artefacts in situ

Experimental Archaeology

Just digging

Artefactual evidence

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Crafts

Documentary record search

Conferences

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)