Pat,
Interesting that Charles called the 'long-fingers' of iron slag "prills".
Having spent the last 2 years excavating through 'mountains' of Iron
Age/Roman slag on Exmoor, the terminology for such specimens was "runnels".
Are these terms just geographical differences?
Kindest regards,
Trevor.
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From: "Pat Adkins" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: terminology from Pat Adkins
> I spent several years excavating and processing the remains of an early
Saxon iron working site including ore preroasting, charcoal making, various
types of smelting furnace`s including a 0.9m dia furnace with running
chanel into a slag tapping pit .
> insitu in the tapping pit were the tail ends of the slag run.
> many of these were shaped like a hand with long "fingers"
> A great freind of mine Charles Blick --now deceased-- who had been at some
time Past President of The Historical Metallergy Society called them
"prills" and explained the way they had been formed in the final stages
of the run
> I hope this is of some help
> regards Pat.
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