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Conservation

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

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Scale

The writing is on paper ruled at 1 cm intervals. Sadly, this has not come out well in 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

Possibly a furnace bottom, (the accidental melting produced 'cast iron')
A selection of ferrous material from the same context.
Four 'axe head' shapes have been identified

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