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The final, much delayed, smelt of the 1998 experimental iron- making season will take place at the Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans, Cardiff on October 31st. This day also has the St Fagans Halloween celebrations taking place in the evening (6-9). It is envisaged that the smelt will start early in the morning and finish shortly before the torchlight procession from the Celtic Village to the burning of the Wicker Man! For this last smelt of the season we will using a siderite ore from the S Wales coalfield rather than the goethite/haematite ores used during the previous experiments and the height of the bloomery furnace has also been increased slightly - so we are looking forward to an interesting day. Full details of the 1998 season can be found on the GeoArch website:- http://www.GeoArch.demon.co.uk/ Tim Young Dr Tim Young Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 01222 747480 Fax: 0870 0547366 Mobile: 0802 413704 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%