Prototype Work, Wrought Iron Work, Building Restoration iron works at Castle Forge Sherborne Dorset

It is certainly no exaggeration to refer to blacksmithing as a craft of immense antiquity.
Blacksmithing was well established in Britain long before Julius Caesar's time.
The craft of smelting and manipulating copper, bronze and iron was understood at least four thousand years ago with
the techniques remaining largely the same since.