Wednesday, 25. September 2002
Topic: - on September 25, 2002 at 9:22:19 PM CEST
Moor dig finds Roman iron factory
A huge Roman iron factory has been unearthed at a remote spot on the southern edge of Exmoor. Scientists believe the site near Brayford would have supplied markets right across the Roman Empire. Archaeologists have found furnaces and equipment buried which would have been used to smelt hundreds of tonnes of iron nearly 2,000 years ago.
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