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There's also a lot of ore to be found in the Ettenmoors if you want to risk it. It's rather rich in both dwarf iron and ancient iron. You just gotta watch your back for wargs 'n spiders 'n orcs, oh my!
I might risk that actually, I'm almost lvl 31 and have found a total of 3 dwarf iron ores. That's good for one bar. According to my own calculations (short only, I do play for fun!), I'll need 200 ore for my lvl 31 armour set.
Very odd that the ore is so hard to find one lvl before I need so much of it.
Best place for barrow iron would be the North Downs imo, found loads of it there. It depends on the level ofcourse.
North Downs is also a good spot for rich iron and especially gold, doing quests near Esteldin got me several stacks of gold and rich iron.