Title: |
The assessment of slag and other metalworking debris from Elms Farm, Heybridge, Essex 1994 |
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Research Department Reports Series
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Volume: |
4040/96
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Number of Pages: |
13 |
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Publication Type: |
Monograph (in Series)
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Abstract: |
This, predominantly Roman, settlement site produced c 200 kg of metalworking debris from iron smithing and non-ferrous metalworking. An important find was a 12.25 kg bun-shaped bloom of iron. Examination of the X-radiographs of the iron objects suggested that these included discarded bar ends and other waste iron fragments as well as some whole bar-shaped objects which may have formed part of the stock of a blacksmith. However, the limited quantity of debris on site and its location; in secondary dumped deposits, suggests, firstly, that metalworking was not a particularly important activity on the site, and secondly, that further examination of the debris would provide only limited further insight into this activity. |
Author: |
David Starley
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Year of Publication: |
1996
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Locations: |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Elms Farm Heybridge Essex |
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Subjects / Periods: |
Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1996
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Source: |
BIAB
(The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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Created Date: |
21 Jan 2002 |