Somerset Industrial Archaeological Society: Iron Working on the Blackdown Hills

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North Town School, off Wood Street, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1DF

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Somerset Industrial Archaeological Society: Iron Working on the Blackdown Hills

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From 700BC to medieval times, people have used the raw materials of the Blackdown Hills to make metal. Traces of iron working still lie buried in the fields and woodlands. The speaker is Marc Cox, Community Archaeologist with the South-West Heritage Trust.

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