Posts tagged smelting
Sæwulf
Iron-Age (Nidderdale) Community Archaeology Project
Iron-Age (Nidderdale) is a community archaeology project investigating historic iron smelting and smithing in and around the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Nidderdale AONB) in North Yorkshire. Investigations are in progress at several locations where there is documentary or landscape evidence of iron extraction, smelting or smithing from the Iron Age.
- Iron Age (Nidderdale) Episode 1
- Iron Age (Nidderdale) Episode 2
- Iron Age (Nidderdale) Episode 3
- Iron Age (Nidderdale) Episode 4
Iron-Age (Nidderdale) Community Archaeology Project
How the ancient technique of casting of a bronze sword in a stone mold might have led to the legend of King Arthur’s sword Excalibur, the famous Sword in the Stone. The imagery is unforgettable.
The smith in the Bronze age was a very important and magical figure.
