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Piece / iron

Description

Mass of iron or bloom probably made from bog iron ore at an ancient Scottish bloomery or forge, found whilst digging a drain on the farm of Hopsrig, near Canonbie in Dumfriesshire

Museum reference

T.1881.58

Object name

Piece / iron, Piece / iron bloom

Materials

Iron

Physical description

Iron

Associations

Hopsrig Farm, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

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