EXAMINATION OF THE SLAGS FROM SIDBURY, WORCESTER, WORCESTERSHIRE.
Author(s): J G McDonnell
Examination of the slags from Sidbury, Worcester showed that iron smelting had been carried out in the second and third centuries AD. Smithing slags and debris were also present, but there was no evidence to indicate that the smelting and smithing processes had been carried out in the area excavated. Examples of slag were analysed, but there was no characteristic composition to indicate the ore type used. There is no known ore source near Worcester, but the evidence from this and other sites show that there was a major iron smelting industry in Worcester during some phases of the Roman settlement of the area.
- Report Number:
- 72/1990
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 15
- Keywords:
- Technology
