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Artefactual evidence

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Experimental reconstruction

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Recording artefacts in situ

Crafts

Conferences

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Documentary record search

& just digging

Comparing excavated sites

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection