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Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Artefactual evidence

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Experimental Archaeology

Documentary record search

Comparing excavated sites

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

More comparative studies

Just digging

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Recording artefacts in situ

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Experimental reconstruction

Conferences

Crafts