  We present an ASCA observation of the broad line radio galaxy 3C111. The
X-ray spectrum is well described by a model consisting of a
photoelectrically-absorbed power-law form. The inferred absorbing column
density is significantly greater than expected on the basis of 21-cm
measurements of Galactic HI. Whilst this may be due intrinsic absorption from a
circumnuclear torus or highly warped accretion disk, inhomogeneities and
molecular gas within the foreground giant molecular cloud may also be
responsible for some of this excess absorption. We also claim a marginal
detection of a broad iron Ka line which is well explained as being a
fluorescent line originating from the central regions of a
radiatively-efficient accretion disk. This line appears weak in comparison to
those found in (radio-quiet) Seyfert nuclei. We briefly discuss the
implications of this fact.
