Britain’s first ever Viking helmet discovered

Preston Park Museum (UK) ^

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Ever notice that in the movie GLADIATOR that some of the gladiator’s helmets are viking helms made 800 years later?

[TXnMA]

GGG Ping!

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Thanks, ameribbean expat! I'd often wondered how the mail curtain was affixed to medieval helmets...

I agree that the out-turned edge probably was an "aftermarket fix". If done as part of the original design, I'd expect the flare to be more obtuse -- to deflect a sword blade away, rather than catching it. (And, I'd expect the mail to be fastened on the inside, for the same reason...)

The first smith to contrive that "crossed bands & hoop" foundation was a real genius!

It's great to see early technology like this preserved for us to appreciate!

TXnMA    
  

[Beowulf9]

So cool though.

I’m wondering if there were different helmets for different statuses, or perhaps it’s due to availability of craftmen? Or is it lack of ornate design due to an earlier period?

[Beowulf9]

So glad you put this here. Love this :)

[the OlLine Rebel]

Wait a minute.

Unearthed in the FIFTIES?

So this is not a recent discovery. What happened? No one examined it all that time?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for all the pings! I wonder if the guy with the meds problem will be showing up to berate me for my participation in the Viking genocide of the Picts. Should be fun. :^)

[21twelve]

“...it has been on loan to Preston Park Museum from Yarm Town Council for a number of decades. It had never previously been researched and the age of the helmet had caused much debate until now.

In recent years a project led by Dr Chris Caple, Emeritus Reader at Durham University, has been underway to discover new information about the helmet and the findings have just been reported in the journal Medieval Archaeology 64/1.”

Showing this article to my wife.

“See - I’m not the only one that keeps putting stuff off.”

[nicollo]

berate me for my participation in the Viking genocide of the Picts

Really, that's the best he can do?

How 'bout me and my Viking ancestors who gang raped the "volunteer" slave girl who was to be buried with the chief?

(Well, that's what a muzzie said: https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/10th-century-chronicle-violent-orgiastic-funeral-viking-chieftain-002865)

[SunkenCiv]

It's a textbook case of muzzie projection.