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Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Experimental Archaeology

Experimental reconstruction

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Recording artefacts in situ

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Just digging

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Crafts

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

More comparative studies

Comparing excavated sites

Artefactual evidence