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Artefactual evidence

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Just digging

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Crafts

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

More comparative studies

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Recording artefacts in situ

Experimental Archaeology

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Comparing excavated sites

Documentary record search

Experimental reconstruction

Conferences