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Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Crafts

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Just digging

Conferences

Artefactual evidence

Recording artefacts in situ

Documentary record search

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Comparing excavated sites

Experimental reconstruction

More comparative studies

Experimental Archaeology