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Roman Furnace Project 2005: Dismantling Phase

Introduction ('Home')   Dismantling Phase   General Photographs   Pot Furnace Photographs

Tank Furnace Photographs   Annealing Oven Photographs   Tank Furnace and Oven Weathering

1. Emptying the pots. 2. Emptying the pots.
3. Emptying the pots. 4. Emptying the pots.
5. Emptying the pots. 6. The pot furnace cooling down.
7. Gathering hole A. 8. Gathering hole A.
9. Gathering hole A. 10. Gathering hole B.
11. Gathering hole B collar. 12. Gathering hole B.
13. Gathering hole B. 14. Gathering hole B.
15. Gathering hole C. 16. Top hole.
17. The pots have been prised free. 18. The pots have been prised free.
19. The pot shelf. 20. The pot shelf.
21. The stoke hole entrance. 22. Ash(?) built up around gathering hole B.
23. The dome. 24. Ash(?) around warming hole B.
25. Gathering hole A. 26. Close-up of ash(?)
27. The firing chamber below gathering hole B. 28. Mark left by a pot.
29. The firing chamber. 30. The firing chamber.
31. The stoke hole showing ash in the interior. 32. The stoke hole showing wear and exposed tegulae.
33. The firing chamber after ash removal. 34. The firing chamber after ash removal.
35. The floor of the firing chamber after ash removal. 36. The floor of the firing chamber after ash removal.

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