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Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

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Experimental reconstruction

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More comparative studies

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Artefactual evidence

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Recording artefacts in situ

Crafts

Comparing excavated sites

Experimental Archaeology

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Just digging

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)