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artefactual evidence


Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)
comparing excavated sites

& just digging

Highly vesicular bloomery slag
experimental archaeology


Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)
more comparative studies


Activity frequency mapping (iron works)
experimental reconstruction

Crafts

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection
Conferences

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