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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>''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;" | Recreation Guide|-| scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recreation Guide|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 [[Recreation Guide|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;"| In the light of this scant evidence for 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 [[Recreation Guide|980-1040WESTER 2001]]| scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recreation Guide|1041-1100]]|-| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recreation Guide|Optional]]| Colspan="1" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recreation Guide|Allowable]THOMPSON 2010]. <br>|} <br>

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

**Aethelred II (1003-1009) ({TWEDDLE 1992, :p.1104)]'''|Literature'''<br>--<br>'''|Archaeology'''<br>=''See table ‘Archaeological Finds of Domed Helmets’''[[File:DomedHelmetMap.jpeg|thumb|alt=Archaeological finds of Domed Helmets|Archaeological finds of Domed Helmetsfound in Western Europe]]''<br>'''|Discussion'''<br>=

''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| class="wikitable"1|+ align="top" style="caption-side: top; text-align: left;" Allowable| Recreation Guide3|Unacceptable}}-| scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recreation Guide|Very Early]]>| scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recreation Guide|Early]]{{Evidence| scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recreation Guide|Mid]]Art | scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recreation Guide|Late]]Literature|-| colspanArchaeology="1" style="text-align: center;"| [[Recreation Guide|Allowable]]| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"| ''See [[Recreation Guide|UnacceptableHelmets found in Western Europe]]|} '''Art'''<br>--<br>'''Literature'''<br>--<br>''Archaeology''<br>''See table ‘Archaeological Finds of Domed Helmets’''

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[[File:Helmet Wollaston.jpg|thumb| Wollaston]]''A boar figurine attached to the ridge band of a helmet.'''''Art'''<br>{{Evidence|Art=* from manuscriptsManuscripts

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[[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'''''Art'''<br>{{Evidence|Art=

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[[File:Vendle 14.jpg|thumb|Vendle 14]]''A protective face plate with two eye holes.'''''Art'''<br><br>{{Evidence'''|Art|Literature'''<br>--<br>|Archaeology='''Archaeology'See [[Helmets found in Western Europe]]''<br>See table ‘Archaeological Finds of Domed Helmets’<br>'''|Discussion'''<br>=

''Hinged metal plates that protect the side of the face'''''Art'''<br>{{Evidence|Art=* Franks Casket [HARRISON 19931993a: p.1] (*BM*)

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[[File:Helmet Valsgarde 8.jpg|thumb|Valsgarde 8]]''A mail sheet that covers the front of the face.'''''Discussion'''<br>{{Evidence|Art|Literature|Archaeology|Discussion = Middle east Persian? <br><br>}} 

See ‘Helmets with aventails’''A curtain of mail attached to the rear of a helm and designed to protect the neck.''<br><br>{{Evidence|Art|Literature|Archaeology|Discussion}}

[[File:Helmet Oseberg.jpg|thumb|Oseberg Tapestry]]''A helmet used for ceremonial functions'''''Art'''<br>{{Evidence|Art=

* 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><br>|Discussion}}

== Catalogue of finds ... made from leather or horn=={| class="wikitable"{Evidence|+ Archaeological Finds of Domed Helmets! scopeArt="col" width="80" style="text-align: left;"|Find! scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"|DateLiterature! scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"|Crest! scopeArchaeology ="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"|Boar! scope="col" width="80" style="text* England, Benty Grange -align: center;"|Spectacle! scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"|Cheek flaps! scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"|Neck made with horn plates! scope="col" width="80" style="text-align: center;"|Mail Curtain! scopeDiscussion ="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 8It is assumed that not all warriors could have had access to metal helms. Viable theories for alternative head protection includes the use of hardened leather caps, Sweden | style="textby the use of cuir boillie -alignalthough we cannot provenance this method at this date [CAMERON 2000: center;"|520p.25-60033].| 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 ==}

* [*TWEDDLE 1992] {{Ref|Cameron 2000}}{{Ref|Hagg 1984}}{{Ref|Harrison 1993a}}{{Ref|Steuer 1987}}{{Ref|Thompson 2010}}{{Ref|Tweddle, Dominic. The Anglian Helmet from Coppergate. YAT, 1992.}}{{Ref|Wester 2001}}