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Artefactual evidence

Experimental Archaeology

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Comparing excavated sites

Just digging

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Experimental reconstruction

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Crafts

More comparative studies

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Conferences

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Recording artefacts in situ

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection