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{{Shields}}
 
Due to the boss being the only part of the shield to survive I have classified the finds by shield boss type.<br>
For a discussion about the shield boss types see [[Round Shield Bosses]].
==Type R562==
{{Type|'''Scandinavian''' <br>
|i1=R562.jpg
}}
===Scotland, Caithness: Reay===
{{Cat|
:Find Type- Grave Find
:Find Date- 1920
:Dimensions- Dia:5 7/8" H: 2 3/16"
:Comments- secured by 4 iron rivets
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Edwards & Bryce 1927}}
:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.19}}
|Seen=
|Museum= National Museum of Scotland
|Accession=
|i1=Shield Boss (Edwards & Bryce 1927 fig.10).JPG
|i2=Skeleton (Edwards & Bryce 1927 fig.8).JPG
}}
====EnglandScotland, York: Coppergate A=Ballinaby===
{{Cat|
:Find Type- ?Grave Find:Find Date- ?1932:BladeDimensions-Dia:Haft-6", H:2{{Frac|5|8}}":Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Waterman 1959Edwards 1934}} :*{{ListRef|figRedmond 2007|Appx.5(5)no.183}}
|Seen=
|Museum= Yorkshire National Museumof Scotland
|Accession=
|i1=WatermanNMS Ballinaby Boss.JPG|i2=Edwards-Axe Shield Boss Ballinaby.jpg}} ===[[:Category:Scotland, Orkney, Rousay: Westness|Scotland, Orkney, Rousay: Westness]] (Boat Burial)==={{Cat| :Find Type- Boat Burial:Find Date- :Dimensions-:Comments- :Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.78, Appx.5No. missing?}}|Seen=|Museum= National Museum of Scotland|Accession=|i1=NMS Westness Boss.jpg|i2=}} ===[[:Category:Scotland, Orkney, Rousay: Westness|Scotland, Orkney, Rousay: Westness]] (Oval Grave)==={{Cat| :Find Type- Grave Find:Find Date- :Dimensions-:Comments- :Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.78, Appx.5 No. missing?}}|Seen=|Museum= National Museum of Scotland|Accession=|i1=NMS Westness Oval Grave Boss.JPG|i2=}} ===Scotland, Durness: Balnakeil==={{Cat| :Find Type- Grave Find - boy:Find Date- 1991:Type- R562 (Low):Dimensions- :Comments- 4 rivets. Scientific analysis of parts of the flange revealed remains of the wooden shield with a leather covering. (Scran):Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|Low N.D.}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell 1998|p.140-142}}:*{{ListWeb||[[http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-099-768-C Scran]]}}|Seen=|Museum= Manx Museum|Accession=|External=yes|eWidth=130px|eLink=http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/media.php?file=postcard/image/0036/00360098.jpg|eCaption=Scran|i1=Scran|i2}} ===Isle of Man, : Ballateare==={{Cat| :Find Type- Grave Find:Find Date- :Type- Rygh 562 (Boast 2012):Dimensions- Dia:14.4cm; H:5.8cm:No. of holes/nails- 4:Shield Board- 6.5x3.5cm 4.5mm thick. Decorated in red dots, black & white strips:Comments- :Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|Bersu & Wilson 1966}}:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|no.5 p.74,86-94, 105-107}}|Seen= yes|Museum= Manx Museum|Accession= 1966-0373.08|i1=Manx Ballateare Shield Boss.JPG|i2=Ballateare shield (Beatson2011).png}} ===England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton - Grave 4==={{Cat| :Find Type- Grave Find:Find Date- :Type- Rygh R564 (Boast 2012):Dimensions- Dia:13.8cm, H:6.8cm (Boast 2012):No. of holes/nails- ?:Shield Board-:Comments- :Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|no.7 p.74,86-94, 105-107}}:*{{ListRef|Paterson 2014}} |Seen=yes|Museum= Tullie House Museum|Accession=|i1=TH Cumwhitton Shield Boss Grave 4.JPG|i2=}} ===England, Merseyside: Meols, Wirral==={{Cat| :Find Type- Grave Find:Find Date- 1877-89:Type- Rygh 562 (Boast 2012):Dimensions- Dia:16.8cm, H:4.9cm (Boast 2012):No. of holes/nails- 5:Shield Board- :Comments- :Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|no.6 p.74,86-94, 105-107}}|Seen=|Museum= Grosvenor Museum|Accession= M2894|i1=Shield Meols, Wirral (Boast 2012).JPG|i2=}} ===England, Norfolk: Stoke Ferry, Wretton==={{Cat| :Find Type- Grave Find:Find Date- :Type- :Dimensions-:No. of holes/nails- :Shield Board- :Comments- HER 3/01/2011:Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|p.95}}:*{{ListWeb||[[http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF4416-Early-Saxon-Late-Saxon-or-medieval-burial-with-gravegoods&Index=4093&RecordCount=56881&SessionID=b8b2462e-8926-4e96-aed1-a16db9b6ea50 www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk]]}}|Seen=|Museum= ?|Accession= |i1=Shield Stoke Ferry, Wretton (Boast 2012).JPG|i2=}} ==Type R563=={{Type|'''Scandinavian''' <br>|i1=R563.jpg}} ==Type R564=={{Type|'''Scandinavian''' <br>|i1=R564.jpg}} ===Isle of Man, St. John's: Balladoyne Churchyard==={{Cat| :Find Type- Grave Find:Find Date- 1822:Type- Rygh 564 (Boast 2012):Dimensions- Dia:6" (Bjorn & Shetelig 1940); Dia:15.5cm, H:9.0cm (Boast 2012):Comments- :Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.26}}:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|no.3 p.74,86-94, 105-107}}|Seen=|Museum= Manx Museum|Accession=|i1=Shield Balladoyne (Boast 2012).jpg|i2}} ===Isle of Man, Ayre: Knoc-y-doonee==={{Cat| :Find Type- Grave Find - Cremation:Find Date- 1822:Type- Rygh 564 (Boast 2012):Dimensions- Dia:7" H:3¼"; Rim-width:1" (Bjorn & Shetelig 1940) Dia:15.5cm; H:5.7cm (Boast 2012):No. of holes/nails- 1 visible:Shield Board- Had wood adhering.:Comments- :Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.23}}:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|no.4 p.74,86-94, 105-107}}|Seen=|Museum= Manx Museum|Accession= 1954-2772/19|i1=Shield Knoc-y-doonee (Boast 2012).jpg|i2}} ===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Hesket-in-the-Forest|England, Cumbria: Hesket-in-the-Forest]]==={{Cat| :Find Type- Grave Find - Cremation:Find Date- 1822:Type- Rygh 564 (Boast 2012):Dimensions- Dia:5½" fragment (Bjorn & Shetelig 1940). Dia:11.4cm; H: 5.8cm (Boast 2012):No. of holes/nails- 1 visible:Shield Board- :Comments- Broken in 2 and damaged by fire. Boss was dented, probably after the cremation.:Bibliography- :*{{ListRef|Hodgson 1832}}:*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.20}}:*{{ListRef|Edwards 1998|p.12}}:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|no.8 p.74,86-94, 105-107}}|Seen=|Museum= Tullie House Museum|Accession= RF 389-420 or 418/419: 1 822|i1=Shield boss hesket.jpg
|i2=
}}
==Irish Sea A Type==
{{Type|'''English?''' <br>
|i1=Type A Boss.jpg
}}
===Scotland, Arren: Millhill, Lamlash===
{{Cat|
:Find Type- Grave Find
:Find Date-
:Dimensions-
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.27-28, fig.11}}
:*{{ListRef|Harrison & Ó Floinn 2014|p.119}}
|Seen=
|Museum= National Museum of Scotland
|Accession=
|i1=NMS Lamlash Boss.JPG
|i2=NMS Lamlash Boss Side.JPG
}}
 
===Isle of Man, : Cronk Moar===
{{Cat|
:Find Type- Grave Find
:Find Date-
:Type- Rygh 562 (Boast 2012); Irish Sea Type A (Harrison & Ó Floinn 2014)
:Dimensions- Dia:14.5cm, H:7.8cm (Boast 2012)
:No. of holes/nails- 6
:Shield Board- fragment, 30x23cm, 4.48mm thick (Boast 2012)
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Bersu & Wilson 1966}}
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|no.1 p.74,86-94, 105-107}}
:*{{ListRef|Harrison & Ó Floinn 2014|p.119}}
|Seen=yes
|Museum= Manx Museum
|Accession= 1966-0374/05
|i1=Manx Cronk Moar Shield Boss.jpg
|i2=
}}
 
===[[:Category:England, Cumbria: Appleby-in-Westmorland|England, Cumbria: Appleby-in-Westmorland, Ormside]]===
{{Cat|
:Find Type- Grave Find
:Find Date-
:Type- Similar to C7th Anglo-Saxon (Boast 2012)
:Dimensions-Dia:6¾" H:3½" (Bjorn & Shetelig 1940). Dia:11.8cm, H:9.7cm (Boast 2012)
:No. of holes/nails- 2 visible
:Shield Board-
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Cowen 1934}}
:*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.18}}
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|no.9 p.74,86-94, 105-107}}
:*{{ListRef|Harrison & Ó Floinn 2014|p.119}}
|Seen=yes
|Museum= Tullie House Museum
|Accession= 1898.24.2
|i1=TH Ormside Shield Boss.JPG
|i2=
}}
==Irish Sea B Type==
{{Type|'''English?''' <br>
|i1=Type B Boss.jpg
}}
===Isle of Man, : Balladoole===
{{Cat|
:Find Type- Grave Find
:Type- Harrison's Irish Sea Type B (Boast 2012)
:Dimensions- Dia:11.3cm, H:7.2cm (Boast 2012)
:No. of holes/nails- 4
:Shield Board- none
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Bersu & Wilson 1966|p.14-18}}
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|no.2 p.74,86-94, 105-107}}
:*{{ListRef|Harrison & Ó Floinn 2014|p.120}}
|Seen=yes
|Museum= Manx Museum
|Accession=1966-0372/02a
|i1=Manx Balladoole Shield Boss.JPG
|i2=Manx Balladoole Shield Grip.JPG
}}
===Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay===
{{Cat|
:Find Type- Grave Find
:Find Date-
:Dimensions- Dia:9cm H:11.5cm (top missing)
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.50, fig.29}}
:*{{ListRef|Harrison & Ó Floinn 2014|p.120}}
:*{{ListWeb||[[http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-099-792-C Scran]]}}
|Seen=
|Museum= National Museum of Scotland
|Accession=
|i1=Shield Boss Kiloran Bay (Greig 1940).JPG
|i2=
}}
 
===[[:Category:Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby|Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby]]===
{{Cat|
:Find Type- Grave Find
:Find Date-
:Dimensions-
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.32-33, fig.14}}
|Seen=
|Museum= National Museum of Scotland
|Accession=
|i1=NMS Ballinaby Boss 1877.JPG|Scotland: Ballinaby
|i2=Shield Boss Ballinaby (Greig 1940).JPG
|i3=Shield boss - Ballinaby Grave 1 (Anderson 1880).JPG
|i4=Shield Handle - Ballinaby Grave 1 (Anderson 1880).JPG
}}
 
==Shields still awaiting classification==
Shields that we've not managed to establish a type for yet.
 
===Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Colonsay: Machrins===
{{Cat|
:Type- Possible boat burial. c.850-950
:Find Date- On or before 1898
:Dimensions-
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Macleod 1898|p.7}}
:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.46, 47}}
|Seen=
|Museum= National Museum of Scotland
|Accession= I.L. 315-325
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, Oxford: Magdalen Bridge===
{{Cat|
:Find Type- Discredited Grave Find
:Find Date- 1884
:Dimensions- Dia:17cm H:10cm
:Comments-
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Bjorn & Shetelig 1940|p.12}}
:*{{ListWeb|Ashmolean Museum|[[http://www.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/ash/objects/makedetail.php?pmu=555&mu=557&gty=asea&sec=&dtn=15&sfn=Title,Accession%20Number(s)&cpa=1&rpos=0&obj=&mat=&anum=AN1884.513&per=&fsp=&art=&tec=&olo= 1]]}}
|Seen=
|Museum= Ashmolean Museum
|Accession= AN1884.513
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
==Unclassified shields - too decayed==
 
===England, Derbyshire: Heath Wood (Mound 50), Ingleby===
{{Cat|
:Find Type- Grave Find
:Find Date-
:Type- No Boss (Boast 2012)
:Dimensions- n/a
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- only nails and shield clamps found
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|no.10 p.74,86-94, 105-107}}
|Seen=
|Museum= Derby Museum
|Accession= HW99
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, Derbyshire: Heath Wood (Mound 7), Ingleby===
{{Cat|
:Find Type- Grave Find
:Find Date-
:Type- No Boss (Boast 2012)
:Dimensions- n/a
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- only nails found
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|no.11 p.74,86-94, 105-107}}
|Seen=
|Museum= Derby Museum
|Accession= HW99
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
==Unclassified shields - Lost or only possibly from the Viking Age==
 
===Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Argyll: Luss, Boiden===
''Also known as 'Lower Bridge of Froon, Boiden Mound'''
{{Cat|
:Type-
:Find date- April 1851
:Dimensions- Dia:6½" H:2"
:Comments- Identified from a water colour by Dr. Joseph Anderson. Current location of both the sword and watercolour is unknown.
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Stewart 1854}}
:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1874|p.569}}
:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.15}}
|Seen=
|Museum=
|Accession= Lost
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, Cumbria: Beacon Hill Barrow, Aspatria===
{{Cat|
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1789
:Type-
:Dimensions-
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- HER 601
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|p.95}}
|Seen=
|Museum= ?
|Accession=
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, Lancashire: Sandhole Wood, nr Claughton Hall===
{{Cat|
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1822
:Type-
:Dimensions-
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- SMR PRN119-MLA119
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|p.95}}
|Seen=
|Museum= ?
|Accession=
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, Greater Manchester: Hasty Knoll, Blackrod, Bolton===
{{Cat|
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1770
:Type-
:Dimensions-
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- SMR 501.1.0
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|p.95}}
|Seen=
|Museum= ?
|Accession=
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, Nottinghamshire: Bingham, Rushcliffe===
{{Cat|
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1863
:Type-
:Dimensions-
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- MON 8873 SMR 1463
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|p.95}}
|Seen=
|Museum= ?
|Accession=
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, Bedfordshire: Harrold, Bedford Borough===
{{Cat|
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1950
:Type-
:Dimensions-
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- SMR 64-MBD64
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|p.95}}
|Seen=
|Museum= ?
|Accession=
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, Cambridgeshire: Waterbeach===
{{Cat|
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1938
:Type-
:Dimensions-
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- HER 05351
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|p.95}}
|Seen=
|Museum= ?
|Accession=
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, Cambridgeshire: Bartlow===
{{Cat|
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1853
:Type-
:Dimensions-
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- HER 06132
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|p.95}}
|Seen=
|Museum= ?
|Accession=
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, Cambridgeshire: Unknown===
{{Cat|
:Find Type-
:Find Date- ?
:Type-
:Dimensions-
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- HER 09788B
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|p.95}}
|Seen=
|Museum= ?
|Accession=
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, Berkshire: Aston Rise, Remenham===
{{Cat|
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1921
:Type-
:Dimensions-
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- HER 00652.00.000-MWK1041
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|p.95}}
|Seen=
|Museum= ?
|Accession=
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, Berkshire: Reading===
{{Cat|
:Find Type-
:Find Date- ?
:Type-
:Dimensions-
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- HER 01642.00.000-MRD3657
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|p.95}}
|Seen=
|Museum= ?
|Accession=
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, Berkshire: Noah's Ark field, Cookham===
{{Cat|
:Find Type-
:Find Date- ?
:Type-
:Dimensions-
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- HER 00505.00.000-MRW836
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|p.95}}
|Seen=
|Museum= ?
|Accession=
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, Oxford: Park Crecent===
{{Cat|
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1865
:Type-
:Dimensions-
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- HER 6048-MOX9982
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|p.95}}
|Seen=
|Museum= ?
|Accession=
|i1=
|i2=
}}
 
===England, West Sussex: Clayton===
{{Cat|
:Find Type-
:Find Date- 1824
:Type-
:Dimensions-
:No. of holes/nails-
:Shield Board-
:Comments- SMR 4121-MWS969
:Bibliography-
:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|p.95}}
|Seen=
|Museum= ?
|Accession=
|i1=
|i2=
}}
==Select Bibliography==
{{Ref|Bersu & Wilson 1966}}
{{Ref|Boast 2012}}
{{Ref|Book=Bjorn & Shetelig 1940}}
{{Ref|Book=Grieg 1940}}
{{Ref|Harrison & Ó Floinn 2014}}
{{Ref|Redmond 2007}}
{{Ref|Book=Roesdahl 1981}}
{{Ref|Book=Wheeler 1927}}
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