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Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

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Experimental reconstruction

Crafts

Recording artefacts in situ

Comparing excavated sites

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

More comparative studies

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Just digging

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Experimental Archaeology

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Artefactual evidence

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Conferences