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Shield boss button from Åker, Vang in Hedemark dating to around the year 600. On display in the Historisk museum, Oslo

Postcard depicting a modern commemorative "runestone" in the Jardin des Plantes, Rouen – a gift from the Kingdom of Norway. "In 1911 the city of Rouen celebrated the millenium of the founding of the Duchy of Normandy and the baptism of the…

The following clip shows an attempt at reconstructing a Viking Age shield boss (type R564). The purpose of the forging was to better understand the various steps involved in shield boss construction processes by experimental archaeology.

This has…

From the website: 'The aim of this research project is thus to assess the extent to which the round shield can illuminate Viking Age martial practices. More specifically, the research employs a practice approach towards understanding Viking Age…

A late-10th century shield made of fir was found in Denmark some 60 miles west of Copenhagen, near what the article calls Viking-Age 'castles'.