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Photo Archive: Thorp’s Wood, Brede, excavation 2013

This excavation was carried out by Chris Butler Archaeological Services as part of a community project to learn more about Brede High Woods. A report on the excavation can be found in Wealden Iron, 2nd ser. 41 (2021), pp. 23-31.
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Thorp's Wood, ?smelting hearth: photo J. Hodgkinson
Thorp's Wood, ?smelting hearths: photo J. Hodgkinson
Thorp's Wood, ?smelting hearth: photo J. Hodgkinson
Thorp's Wood excavation 2013: photo J. Hodgkinson
Thorp's Wood excavation 2013: photo J. Hodgkinson
Thorp's Wood excavation 2013: photo J. Hodgkinson
Thorp's Wood, excavating a charcoal platform: photo J. Hodgkinson
Thorp's Wood, excavating one of the ?smelting hearths: photo J. Hodgkinson
Thorp's Wood, ?smelting hearth during excavation: photo J. Hodgkinson
Thorp's Wood, ?smelting hearth during excavation: photo J. Hodgkinson
Thorp's Wood excavation 2013: photo J. Hodgkinson

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Adventure In Iron
The blast furnace and its spread from Namur to northern France, England and North America, 1450-1650; a technological, political and genealogical investigation
by Brian Awty
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