THE IRONWORKING RESIDUES FROM WALTHAM ABBEY, ABBEY MEAD, ESSEX.
Author(s): J G McDonnell
Examination of the residues showed that iron smithing had been carried out on or close to the area of excavation during the Saxo-Norman Period. The deposits were disturbed and re-deposited during the Medieval Period. Background levels of slag were present in later contexts Analysis of a slag sample showed that it had a typical smithing slag morphology, mineral texture and chemical and phase composition.
- Report Number:
- 176/1987
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 17
- Keywords:
- Metal Working-Fe
