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Hello Roger, Was there any known smeltering activity in the area in the past? Maybe this was used as a dump gound. Bart -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Roger Gelder <[log in to unmask]> > Undertaking a fieldwalking exercise of a 47 acre wheat field and have > encountered several items of slag. > > This particular section of field, however, would have been flood-plain > through-out the first millenium and poorly drained for most of the next > few centuries, which would seem to preclude any smelting work? > > I note that from the 1920s/30s slag is refered to as 'ground' but this > material > is 'chunky' - sections ranging from 3 to 10 cm, some plough-worn (rounded) > some plough-fractured (angular). Colour is mostly black - some grey - and > one larger piece almost white with streaks of iron embedded in the matrix. > Most appears highly glazed although a few pieces were almost fibrous. > > So, what would the first/original basic slag, used as fertilizer, have > looked > like, please? Thanks for help, > Roger Gelder