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Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

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Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Just digging

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Comparing excavated sites

Experimental Archaeology

More comparative studies

Artefactual evidence

Crafts

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Recording artefacts in situ

Experimental reconstruction

Conferences