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Artefactual evidence

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Experimental Archaeology

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Recording artefacts in situ

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Comparing excavated sites

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Conferences

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Crafts

More comparative studies

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Experimental reconstruction

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Just digging