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Noric Iron, type of Iron, appreciated for its high quality and steel-like characteristics in ancient times. It was produced in Noricum and traded and processed within the entire Roman empire. Archaeological evidence shows that the iron was smelted in the Moeselgut area in the Goertschitztal valley south of Huettenberg. The remains of large and unusual furnaces which seem to resemble furnaces of today have been found in the area. It is not clear if the Burgenland Iron that was used at the same time is another type of Noric Iron; at the Magdalensberg mountain (Carinthia) 14 forges were found that were used as "quality control centres" for Noric Iron.

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