| Title: |
Excavation of bloomeries in Rannoch, Perthshire and elsewhere
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 102 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
102
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| Page Start/End: |
188 - 204 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Fieldwork and excavation mostly in Perthshire and Argyll led to the identification of considerable numbers of slag heaps and hearths belonging to the early ironworking industry in Scotland. The bowl type of hearth was used for smelting bog iron, and the resultant slag was piled into either circular or "crag and tail" long heaps. Sole dating evidence was late 13th-early 14th century Leuchars ware from Ardmarnock Forest, Argyll. A R |
| Year of Publication: |
1969
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Hearth (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Leuchars Ware (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Late 13thearly 14th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Slag (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Hearths (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Iron (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Ironworking Industry (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Slag Heaps (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Bowl (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
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| Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |
