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===Scotland, Caithness: Reay===
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:Find Type- Grave Find
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:Find Date- 1920
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:Dimensions- Dia:5 7/8" H: 2 3/16"
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:Comments- secured by 4 iron rivets
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===England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton - Grave 4===
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===Scotland, : Ballinaby===
 
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===Scotland, : Westness===
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===Isle of Man, : Cronk Moar===
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:Find Type- Grave Find
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:Find Date-
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:Type- Rygh 562 (Boast 2012)
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:Dimensions- Dia:14.5cm, H:7.8cm (Boast 2012)
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:No. of holes/nails- 6
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:Shield Board- fragment, 30x23cm, 4.48mm thick (Boast 2012)
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:*{{ListRef|Bersu & Wilson 1966}}
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:*{{ListRef|Boast 2012|no.1 p.74,86-94, 105-107}}
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:Dimensions- Dia:5 7/8" H: 2 3/16"
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:Comments- secured by 4 iron rivets
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:Bibliography-
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Viking Age Compendium articles on Shields:
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Shields found in Britain
Viking Age Compendium articles on Shields:
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Shields found in Britain

Due to the boss being the only part of the shield to survive I have classified the finds by shield boss type.
For a discussion about the shield boss types see Round Shield Bosses.

Type R562

Scotland, Caithness: Reay

Shield Boss (Edwards & Bryce 1927 fig.10).JPG
Current Location- National Museum of Scotland


Scotland, : Ballinaby

NMS Ballinaby Boss.JPG
Current Location- National Museum of Scotland
Find Type- Grave Find
Find Date-
Dimensions-
Comments-
Bibliography-

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Scotland, : Westness

NMS Westness Boss.jpg
Current Location- National Museum of Scotland
Find Type- Grave Find
Find Date-
Dimensions-
Comments-
Bibliography-

[[category:]]



Isle of Man, : Cronk Moar

Manx Cronk Moar Shield Boss.jpg
Current Location- Manx Museum 1966-0374/05


Isle of Man, Ayre: Knoc-y-doonee

Example.jpg
Current Location- Manx Museum 2774
Find Type- Grave Find - Cremation
Find Date- 1822
Dimensions- Dia:7" H:3¼"; Rim-width:1"
Comments- Had wood adhering.
Bibliography-



Isle of Man, St. John's: Balladoyne Churchyard

Example.jpg
Current Location- Manx Museum
Find Type- Grave Find
Find Date- 1822
Dimensions- Dia:6"
Comments- "low and bowl-shaped" R652 / R653?
Bibliography-



England, Cumbria: Cumwhitton - Grave 4

Example.jpg
Current Location- Tulee House Museum



Type R563

Isle of Man, : Ballateare

Manx Ballateare Shield Boss.JPG
Current Location- National Museum of Scotland



Irish Sea A Type

England, Cumbria: Appleby-in-Westmorland, Ormside

TH Ormside Shield Boss.JPG
Current Location- Tulee House Museum



Scotland, Arren: Millhill, Lamlash

NMS Lamlash Boss.JPG
Current Location- National Museum of Scotland


Irish Sea B Type

Isle of Man, : Balladoole

Manx Balladoole Shield Boss.JPG
Current Location- Manx Museum 1966-0372/02a


Scotland, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay

Shield Boss Kiloran Bay (Greig 1940).JPG
Current Location- National Museum of Scotland



Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby

NMS Ballinaby Boss 1877.JPG
Current Location- National Museum of Scotland


Unclassified

Shields that we've not managed to establish a type for yet.

England, Oxford: Magdalen Bridge

Example.jpg
Current Location- Ashmolean Museum AN1884.513



England, Cumbria: Hesket-in-the-Forest

Shield boss hesket.jpg
Current Location- Tullie House Museum RF 389-420



Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Argyll: Luss, Boiden

Also known as 'Lower Bridge of Froon, Boiden Mound'

Example.jpg
Current Location-  Lost



Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Colonsay: Machrins

Example.jpg
Current Location- National Museum of Scotland I.L. 315-325



Select Bibliography

Bersu, Gerhard and Wilson, David M. (1966) Three Viking Graves in the Isle of Man. The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Servies: No 1 [BERSU & WILSON 1966] *
Bjorn, Anathon, and Shetelig, Haakon (1940) Viking Antiquities in England. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 4 [BJORN & SHETELIG 1940] *
Grieg, Sigurd (1940) Viking Antiquities in Scotland. Edited by Haakon Shetelig. (Available Online) Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland: Part 2 [GRIEG 1940] *
Harrison, Stephen H. & Ó Floinn, Raghnall 2014 Viking Graves and Grave-Goods in Ireland. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962-81: Ser.B Vol.11 [HARRISON & Ó FLOINN 2014] *
Roesdahl, Else; Graham-Campbell, James; Connor, Patricia and Pearson, Kenneth (1981) The Vikings in England, and their Danish homeland. [ROESDAHL 1981] *