The brick is not familiar, Jamie, but the firebrick with iron is
certainly consistent with blast furnace circumstances. Have not seen
any such in the three bloomeries I have examined.
Pat Martin
>I am working on a site outside of Richmond, VA. I have found what
>appears to be industrial waste from a bloomery. So far I have a
>mosser/skull sticking out of a road bank, two pieces of waste iron, and
>half of a fire brick with iron adhering to it. Two questions:
>
>
>The fire brick (fragment) is marked "MOUN". Does anyone know of a US
>East Coast
>manufacturer (mid 19C) that would match?
>
>While it is common for iron to migrate into the wall of a blast furnace,
>does the same thing happen in a bloomery? Or am I seeing waste from two
>different sites?
>
>Thanks
>Jamie Brothers
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