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>>>shield
Subject: hersir sea raider
Culture: Scandinavian / Norse
Setting: Viking Age, northern Europe 8th-10thc
Object: skjöldr, skjaldar, skildi shield

National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin *
"Iron shield boss  Fishamble St." ...
Piece of leather shield or armour?  Fishamble St." ...





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National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin *
"... a shield boss  From burials at College Green, Dublin" ...
* National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin
"SHIELD GRIP AND BOSS  The copper alloy shield grip and iron boss, although not found together, 
illustrate the small size of the Irish shield.  These were in turn adopted by Viking settlers in the West 
and such small shields occur in Viking graves in Scotland and the Isle of Man."




National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin *
"... shield boss  From a burial at Bride St., Dublin" ...

* National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Viking Dublin
"Seven iron shield bosses" ...