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Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Just digging

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Crafts

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

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Experimental Archaeology

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

More comparative studies

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Comparing excavated sites

Artefactual evidence

Experimental reconstruction

Recording artefacts in situ

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Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British