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Although the {{Ix|chard coal berners}} are secretive, from what Riddley says they seem to use the same method as old Anglo-Saxon colliers, building a specially shaped covered woodpile or "clamp" (what Riddley calls a {{Ix|hart}}) for a slow controlled burn. {{By|EB}} | Although the {{Ix|chard coal berners}} are secretive, from what Riddley says they seem to use the same method as old Anglo-Saxon colliers, building a specially shaped covered woodpile or "clamp" (what Riddley calls a {{Ix|hart}}) for a slow controlled burn. {{By|EB}} | ||
| − | [http://www.regia.org/charcoal.htm Regia Anglorum: Charcoal Burning] | + | === See also === |
| − | + | ; [http://www.regia.org/charcoal.htm Regia Anglorum: Charcoal Burning] | |
| + | : Anglo-Saxon and Viking techniques | ||
Latest revision as of 01:41, 25 November 2013
Produced by partly oxidizing wood in a low-oxygen fire, charcoal has the virtue of burning hotter and more steadily than wood. Riddley lives in an Iron Age society and to smelt iron, you need a charcoal fire.
Although the chard coal berners are secretive, from what Riddley says they seem to use the same method as old Anglo-Saxon colliers, building a specially shaped covered woodpile or "clamp" (what Riddley calls a hart) for a slow controlled burn. EB
See also
- Regia Anglorum: Charcoal Burning
- Anglo-Saxon and Viking techniques