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The Excavation of a First-Century Ironworks at Turners Green, Sussex, 1968-70, by Wilfrid Beswick, published 2003 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 23, article, pp.6-21, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506570] Download PDF
Abstract:Remains of ironmaking include a complete works with five domed bloomery furnaces of unusual design and a stone-built sill supporting sections for both bloom refining and smith's work. Traces exist of three outlying furnaces and an ore-roasting site. C14 determination of the charcoal fuel provides a date within the first half of the first century AD which is consistent with the type of furnace. The operation is thought to span a period from before to after the Claudian conquest.