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The Iron Hunter: Important To The Anglo-Saxon

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Peyton Grenard
Mrs. Beasley
English IV
September 4, 2015
The Iron Hunter Iron was very important to the to the Anglo-Saxons. It proved to be very versatile in everyday life. Finding iron ore was a messy and time-consuming task that would have been done near the source of iron. The iron around this time period was obtained from deposits near the surface of bogs. The iron hunter had no breaks. He worked in all weather know matter what trying to find the iron ore. Once the iron ore was obtained something had to be done with it. The iron ore was heated or roasted in a pit around 1500°C and was cover in charcoal. The process of melting iron ore was a very tricky one at that. The iron then eventually melted out of the ore. The bottom corner

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