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__NOTOC__{| style="background: PaleGoldenrod; width: 100%"|- | scope="col" width="0" |[[File:{Stars2.png|110px|frameless|left|linkCategory=Completion Ratings|Completion Ratings]]Armour| scopeTypology="col" width="1000" style="text-align: left;"Archaeological Find Locations|[[Completion Ratings|This article's completion rating is 2 out of 5]]|- | colspanTypologyFile="7" | Article structure and content is subject to change as data is still being collected DomedHelmetMap.jpeg}}|{{Helmets}}<br>===== Definition =====''A helmet constructed from strips and plates of iron riveted together in a dome shape. They often have additional face and neck protection attached.'' <br>

{| class="wikitable"|+ align="top" styleHow common were helmets prior to 1000AD="caption-side: top; text-align: left;" | Recommendation for recreations|-| scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recommendations for recreations|800-899]]| scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"| Only one domed helmet has been dated to the Viking Age and that is the find from the Gjermundbu cremation. The find is generally dated to the 10th century although dates as early as the late 9th century have been suggested [[Recommendations for recreations|900-979]STEUER 1987]. The latest commonly accepted date of the cremation is 980AD although suggestions that the helmet may have been 100 years old at the time of cremation have been put forward.<bR>| scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recommendations In the light of this scant evidence for recreations|980-1040]]| scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"| helmets a number of articles have started to appear questioning the reasoning of why people think that helmets were commonly worn during the Viking Age [[Recommendations for recreations|1041-1100WESTER 2001]]|-| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recommendations for recreations|Optional]]| Coleman="1" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recommendations for recreations|Allowable]THOMPSON 2010]. <br>|} <br>

==Variations in domed helmets=== <!--{{Guide2|3|Optional|1|Allowable}}-->{{Evidence from |Art =====

**Chester-le-street, England (----). Stone carving ([TWEDDLE 1992, :p.1102)]**Sockburn, England (----). 2 stone carvings ([TWEDDLE 1992, :p.1102)]**Aberlemo, Scotland (----). Stone carving ([TWEDDLE 1992, :p.1099)]

**Aethelred II (1003-1009) ({TWEDDLE 1992, :p.1104)]===== Evidence from |Literature |Archaeology=''See [[Helmets found in Western Europe]]''<br>|Discussion====Domed helms are still depicted on some early C11th coins. Tweddle states that the use of the conical helmet probably continued into the C9th and C10th. [TWEDDLE 1992:p.1125]<br>}}

===== Definition =====''A raised ridge running vertically over the helmet. Often in the shape of an animal and terminating in an animal head over the nose.''<br><!--{{Guide2|1|Allowable|3|Unacceptable}}-->{{Evidence|Art |Literature|Archaeology=''See [[Helmets found in Western Europe]]''<br><br>|Discussion}}

{| class="wikitable"|+ align="top" style... with a boar figurine =="caption-side: top; text-align: left;" | Recommendation for recreations|-| scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recommendations for recreationsFile:Helmet Wollaston.jpg|Very Earlythumb| Wollaston]]''A boar figurine attached to the ridge band of a helmet.''<br>{{Evidence| scopeArt="col" width="80" style="text* Manuscripts** Russia, Cod.Q.v.XIV.I. fol1 (---align-) [TWEDDLE 1992: center;"| [[Recommendations for recreations|Early]p.1101]| scope="col" width="80" style="text* Helmet plates** Sweden (---align-). Vendel I [TWEDDLE 1992: center;"| [[Recommendations for recreations|Mid]p.1123]| scope="col" width="80" style="text** Sweden (----align). Valsgarde 7 [TWEDDLE 1992: center;"| [[Recommendations for recreations|Late]p.1123]| scopeLiterature="col" width="80" style="text* Saga of Saga of King Hrolf Kraki . King Adils' helmet which he called Hildigölt (War-alignBoar) [OAKESHOTT 1960: center;"| [[Recommendations for recreations|Very Late]p.152]|-* Beowolf| colspanArchaeology="* England, 2 finds (Wollaston and Benty Grange) and 1" style="text-alignpossible (New Haven, now lost) [POLLINGTON 2006: center;"| [[Recommendations for recreations|Allowable]p.161].| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recommendations for recreations|Unacceptable]]Discussion|} ===== Evidence from Art =====}

==... with a bird’s head crest ==[[File:Helmet Vendle plate.jpg|thumb|Vendle helmet plate]]''A helmet with a high crest increasing in height towards the front of the helmet and terminating in a bird’s head''<br>{{Evidence|Art= Evidence * from helmet plates** Sweden (----). Vendel I [TWEDDLE 1992: p.1123]** Sweden (----). Vendel XIV [TWEDDLE 1992: p.1123]** Sweden (----). Valsgarde 7 [TWEDDLE 1992: p.1123]|Literature |Archaeology=====None<br>|Discussion}}

==... with a spectacle face guard [V] === [[File:Vendle 14.jpg|thumb|Vendle 14]]''A protective face plate with two eye holes.''<br>{{Evidence from |Art|Literature|Archaeology =====''See table ‘Archaeological Finds of Domed Helmets’[[Helmets found in Western Europe]]''<br>===== |Discussion =====These are The only Viking Age helm found to date has been from Gjermundbu dated to 970AD (----). It is possible that the helm was already 100 years old when it has cremated (----) and it is not an unreasonable extrapolation that this helmet was a continuation of the Vendel / Valsgarde style of helms from the 8th century.<br>Only the spectacle part has survived from the Tjele and Hogbro helms and these have been identified as similar in form to the Gjermundbu helm [TWEDDLE 1992:p.1126].<br>}}

== Catalogue ''A curtain of finds ==mail attached to the rear of a helm and designed to protect the neck.''<br>{| class="wikitable"{Evidence|+ Archaeological Finds of Domed HelmetsArt! scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: left;"|FindLiterature! scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"|DateArchaeology! scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"|CrestDiscussion! scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"|Boar! scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"|Spectacle! scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"|Cheek flaps! scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"|Neck plates! scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"|Mail Curtain! scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"|Mail Aventail|-| style="text-align: left;"|Broa Gotland | style="text-align: center;"| | style="text-align: center;"|-| style="text-align: center;"| | style="text-align: center;"| |-| style="text-align: left;"|Valsgarde 8, Sweden | style="text-align: center;"|520-600| style="text-align: center;"|Yes| style="text-align: center;"|-| style="text-align: center;"|Yes| style="text-align: center;"|-| style="text-align: center;"|-| style="text-align: center;"|Yes| style="text-align: center;"|-|}}

== See Also ... with horns ==[[File:Helmet Oseberg.jpg|thumb|Oseberg Tapestry]]''A helmet used for ceremonial functions''<br>{{Evidence|Art=* Oseberg Tapestry c.834AD possible figure of Odin* Kungsangen, Sweden (----) Two men, one in a horned helm, the other in a wolf mask [HAGG 1984:p.186]* Torslunda, Öland (c.600AD) A bronze die showing Woden with twin-dragon headgear followed by a wolf-warrior drawing his sword. [SPEIDEL 2004:p.28]* Rempstone, England (----) A mount [TWEDDLE 1992: p.1124]* Sweden, (----) images on the Valsgarde 7 and Valsgarde 8 helmets [TWEDDLE 1992: p.1124]* Sutton Hoo, England (----) image on helmet [TWEDDLE 1992: p.1124]|Literature|Archaeology =None<br>|Discussion}}