The Yarm Helmet

Caple, C.

doi:10.1080/00766097.2020.1755126

The Yarm Helmet

Caple, C.

Authors

C. Caple

Abstract

THE YARM HELMET, unearthed in the 1950s by workmen at Yarm (North Yorkshire, England), is a composite construction ‘crested’ helmet of riveted, undecorated, thin iron plates. Without close parallel at the time it was found, it could not be confidently attributed to a specific date or culture. This paper records, analyses and reassesses the helmet, demonstrating that it is not a later copy, but an original 9th–11th-century helmet, comparable with the helmet at Gjermundbu (Norway). Its materials and construction speak to the growing pragmatism of arms and armour production, which was necessary to supply the increasing numbers of armed warriors present in this period.

Citation

Caple, C. (2020). The Yarm Helmet. Medieval Archaeology, 64(1), 31-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/00766097.2020.1755126

Journal Article Type	Article
Online Publication Date	Jul 2, 2020
Publication Date	2020
Deposit Date	May 24, 2021
Publicly Available Date	Jan 2, 2022
Journal	Medieval Archaeology
Print ISSN	0076-6097
Electronic ISSN	1745-817X
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	64
Issue	1
Pages	31-64
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/00766097.2020.1755126

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Medieval Archaeology on 2 July 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00766097.2020.1755126.