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Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone
experimental reconstruction


Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)
comparing excavated sites


Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection
more comparative studies

artefactual evidence

experimental archaeology

Crafts

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Documentary record search
Conferences
& just digging