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Artefactual evidence

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Crafts

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Experimental reconstruction

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Documentary record search

Just digging

Conferences

Experimental Archaeology

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

More comparative studies

Comparing excavated sites

Recording artefacts in situ

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection