| Title: |
A Roman oven at Mumrills, Falkirk. With Appendix. - Slag from the Oven.
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 76 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
76
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| Number of Pages: |
144 |
| Page Start/End: |
119 - 127 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
The oven was fully exposed and recorded in 1941. Analysis of the clay indicated that it had not been subjected to a very high temperature, comparable, for example, with that required for smelting iron or firing bricks. The oven could only have been used for baking. A piece of slag-like material found in a layer of burned clay inside the oven was identified as furnace-clinker formed by the burning of coal indicative of a fairly high temperature though not so high as in a smelting furnace. This does not prove that coal was used at Mumrills; all the evidence points to the use of wood as fuel. In its general plan and in the way in which it was worked, the Mumrills\r\noven resembled the circular baking-ovens commonly used in Roman forts. |
| Year of Publication: |
1941
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Forts (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Oven (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Furnace (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Wood (Auto Detected Subject) |
| 1941 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
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| Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |
