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Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Artefactual evidence

Comparing excavated sites

Just digging

More comparative studies

Recording artefacts in situ

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Experimental Archaeology

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Experimental reconstruction

Conferences

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Crafts

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