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Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Just digging

Comparing excavated sites

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

More comparative studies

Experimental reconstruction

Experimental Archaeology

Conferences

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Crafts

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Recording artefacts in situ

Artefactual evidence

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