Early iron ore production from the Forest of Dean and district
Abstract
A method of estimating the iron ore raised in the Forest of Dean and district before the 17th Century is based on the quantities of bloomery cinders later resmelted in charcoal blast-furnaces. A surprising conclusion is that much more ore was raised in bloomery times (over 2,000,000 tons) than in the charcoal furnace era. lt is also concluded that various forgotten sources of ore were exploited, thus explaining the !arge accumulations of cinders well away from the limonites/hematites in the limestone periphery of Dean.
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Early iron ore production from the Forest of Dean and district. (2022). Historical Metallurgy, 24(1), 39-42. https://www.hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/582
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Early iron ore production from the Forest of Dean and district. (2022). Historical Metallurgy, 24(1), 39-42. https://www.hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/582