Dear Michael,
Not really, as their furnace has nothing to do with archaeology. The
comparisons with Peter Crew's work is unjustified as there aim was to produce
iron by any means that like a bloomery. Whereas, Peter's work used a faithful
replica of the furnaces found at Bryn Castell and Crawcellt, using the same or
similar ores and hand blowing. Peter's work is a careful scientific experiment
whereas, Saunder's and Williams is fun, the two should not be confused.
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 08:59:28 EDT [log in to unmask] wrote:
> This is my first posting. Lee Sauder and Skip Williams have built an
> experimental wrought iron bloomery at Lexington, Virginia which I personally
> find to be quite interesting, and which seems to fall within the interests of
> this discussion group. Their web site is located at the following address:
>
> http://iron.wlu.edu/
>
> Michael Mandaville
Chris Salter
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