Cob: Cob iron smelting furnace?

Wed Dec 13 19:02:00 CST 2000

Thought this worth a look. It shows earthern furnace.
In north ga I saw a smelter like this that had bellows and used GREEN OAK. after it burning pretty goood though.

During the summer 2000 field season new experimental archaeology work was
carried out near the excavated Broch at Scatness. The iron smelting was
highly successful producing excellent blooms. Some of the highlights of
this work are shown below.
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/archsci/field_proj/scat_smelting/
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thought this worth a look. It shows earthern 
furnace.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In north ga I saw a smelter like this that had 
bellows and used GREEN OAK. after it burning pretty goood though.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>During the summer 2000 field season new 
experimental archaeology work was<BR>carried out near the excavated Broch at 
Scatness. The iron smelting was<BR>highly successful producing excellent blooms. 
Some of the highlights of<BR>this work are shown below.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A 
href="http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/archsci/field_proj/scat_smelting/">http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/archsci/field_proj/scat_smelting/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>