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Roman Furnace Project 2005: Construction Phase

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1. The hole in the ground. 2. The hearth.
3. The first layer. 4. Up to ground level.
5. The stoke hole. 6. Above ground level.
7. Above ground level. 8. Making a tunnel for a thermocouple.
9. Three thermocouple tunnels. 10. The stoke hole.
11. Daubing the inside of the firing chamber. 12. The stoke hole.
13. Daubing the outer surface. 14. Daubing the outer surface.
15. Daubing the pot shelf (known as a siege). 16. Starting the wall of the pot chamber.
17. Continuing the wall of the pot chamber. 18. Close up of the hole in the floor of the pot chamber.
19. The first gathering hole (the warming hole for the irons is on the left). 20. The second gathering hole (the warming hole for the irons is on the left).
21. Cutting the third gathering hole. 22. Finishing the first gathering hole (the third gathering hole is on the left hand side).
23. Finishing the second gathering hole. 24. General view showing the gathering holes.
25. The pots in position. 26. The pot chamber seen through the second gathering hole.
27. The pots viewed from above (the three shelves in front of the gathering holes can be seen and the stoke hole is in the top right of the photograph). 28. The partly completed warming duct for reheating small vessels.
29. General view of the pot furnace showing the start of the roof. 30. The completed warming duct.
31. Almost finished! 32. Finishing the roof.
33. Using the gathering holes as steps. 34. Getting to grips with the daub!
35. Finishing the hole at the top of the roof. 36. The completed hole in the roof.
37. The finished furnace. 38. The finished furnace.
39. The finished furnace. 40. The roof from the inside.
41. Pots. 42. More pots!

"If you build it, they will come."

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