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Exposing the furnace
 
Work started on exposing the furnace of the cone. Elsewhere on the site other features were exposed for recording.

Stone Street Excavation - Cone Furnace
The cone wall in the foreground with the furnace behind it 		Stone Street Excavation - Furnace Flue/Airway
Standing in the furnace flue or airway
Stone Street Excavation - Blocked Furnace Flue
Looking across the central circular glass melting furnace showing the blocked flue at the centre. 		Stone Street Excavation - Glass Waste Fragments
Fragments of glass were found in the base of the furnace.
Stone Street Excavation - Flagstones
A surface of flagstones adjacent to Stone Street with pottery from the Civil War period embedded in it. 		Stone Street Excavation - Civil War Period Flagsto
Here more of the flagstones from the civil war period are revealed.
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