[Tainan]

Is this really an ‘odd’ or unusual thing? I mean to find this Viking shield there?

Seriously, I’m just asking. I would think there would be quite a few artifacts such as this floating around the Scandinavian area. Pretty neat thing to have I admit. But is this an oddity?

[GoLightly]

It’s a wood shield & according the the article, the first of its kind ever found in Denmark.

[Ramius]

[...]I would think there would be quite a few artifacts such as this floating around the Scandinavian area. Pretty neat thing to have I admit. But is this an oddity?

It sounds like the exceptionally good condition is the oddity. I think the problem is that wood rarely survives that long. Steel, too, doesn't often survive in very good condition. Unlike bronze.