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FURNACE ARCHAEOLOGY
2006 EXCAVATION
Two large flat bricks project from the top of the forehearth, the 19th century ground level. A moveable iron trough probably fitted into the notch to the left of these bricks. When the furnace was tapped, molten iron ran down the trough to the casting floor. A deposit of spilled iron bulges from the trench wall in front of the notch.
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