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Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Comparing excavated sites

Experimental reconstruction

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Recording artefacts in situ

More comparative studies

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Documentary record search

Just digging

Conferences

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Crafts

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Experimental Archaeology

Artefactual evidence