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Description: | Ferrous metalworking debris. A small purple-brown tinted fragment of bubbled solidified slag or furnace waste with a smooth curvaceous upper surface and a vesicular undersurface which may suggest it has cooled on a flat surface. Testing with a magnet suggests significant iron content. This material is probably waste from ironworking. Such waste products have been widely re-used as building materials or hardcore; the Scunthorpe area's iron and steel making industries, established from the later 19th century and flourishing throughout the 20th century, would be a likely source. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-2000.Weight: 27.50gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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