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Meath<br />

Ironworking was undoubtedly the dominant industrial activity at Johnstown. Over 2000kg <strong>of</strong><br />

metallurgical waste was retrieved and ironworking features included bowl furnaces and<br />

smithing hearths which demonstrated that both raw iron and finished artefacts were<br />

produced. Seven ironworking areas were identified and the majority were outside the<br />

enclosures. <strong>The</strong> earliest dated metallurgical activity occurred to the east <strong>of</strong> the enclosure in<br />

A.D. 250-538 and ironworking continued to be practised in different areas <strong>of</strong> the site until<br />

potentially the seventeenth century. Where industrial activity occurred within the enclosures,<br />

it was mainly separated from the settlement areas and cemetery in the western area.<br />

Fig. 254: Plan <strong>of</strong> phases at Johnstown, Co. Meath (after Clarke & Carlin 2008).<br />

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