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Experimental reconstruction

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Documentary record search

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

More comparative studies

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Crafts

Experimental Archaeology

Recording artefacts in situ

Just digging

Artefactual evidence

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Comparing excavated sites

Conferences