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Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

More comparative studies

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Crafts

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Comparing excavated sites

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Artefactual evidence

Just digging

Recording artefacts in situ

Experimental reconstruction

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Conferences

Experimental Archaeology

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