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Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

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More comparative studies

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Just digging

Artefactual evidence

Recording artefacts in situ

Experimental Archaeology

Comparing excavated sites

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Experimental reconstruction

Crafts

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection