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Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

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Experimental Archaeology

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Artefactual evidence

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Just digging

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Experimental reconstruction

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Recording artefacts in situ

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

More comparative studies

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Comparing excavated sites