Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how experimentation with iron-rich rocks by copper smelters may have sparked the invention of iron.
A 3K-year-old copper smelting site could be key to understanding origins of iron
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-year-copper-smelting-site-key.html
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Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how experimentation with iron-rich rocks by copper smelters may have sparked the invention of iron.
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The “Olsberger Hütte” (bottom left) with the Gierskopp (center), the “Briloner Eisenberg” and the “Borberg” in the background.
Iron ore from the “Briloner Eisenberg” was smelted at the Olsberger Hütte as early as the 15th century.
At this time, the original parish, the church and the monastery on the Borberg no longer had any sacred significance.
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