What is Bog iron?
'''Bog iron''' is a form of [[iron]] found in [[swamp]]s. Bog Iron is generally found in a [[Spring (water)|spring]]. == Europe and the North == [[Smelting]] bog iron has existed since [[Roman Empire|pre-Roman]] times. Most iron smelted during the [[Vikings|Viking era]] came from bog iron. In [[Russia]], bog iron was the main source of iron until the sixteenth century. == North America == Iron was produced by Vikings around 1000&nbsp;AD. Mining Bog Iron had been done in [[Virginia]] as early as 1608, and more bog iron has been mined in [[New Jersey]] and [[Maryland]]. [[Category:Iron]]