Conservation

The finds have been stored in a desiccating environment. The have not been cleaned.

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Scale

Sadly, this has not come out well in all these photos.

Photography

The images are all taken with a handheld camera using the close-up setting and automatic settings. The colours in the photos are more vivid than they appear to the naked eye

Furnace bottoms. These were all found in close association with tools, billets and hearth slag. This suggests that the items have not been dumped here.
These artefacts are formed by the unintended melting to produce 'cast iron' which melts at a higher temperature than the smiths could achieve.

 (The item right was originally identified as a weight until XRF analysis was very similar to other hearth bottoms.)
A selection of ferrous material from the same context.
Four 'axe head' shapes have been identified

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