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Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone
experimental archaeology

more comparative studies

Conferences

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Documentary record search
comparing excavated sites


Activity frequency mapping (iron works)


Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)
experimental reconstruction
