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Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Recording artefacts in situ

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Documentary record search

Just digging

Artefactual evidence

Conferences

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Crafts

Experimental reconstruction

More comparative studies

Experimental Archaeology

Comparing excavated sites