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Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

More comparative studies

Comparing excavated sites

Experimental Archaeology

Experimental reconstruction

Recording artefacts in situ

Just digging

Crafts

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Documentary record search

Conferences

Artefactual evidence