Showing posts with label Weapons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weapons. Show all posts

Sunday, 4 January 2026

The Iron Age Shield... that's made of bark? The Enderby Shield | Curator's Corner S8 Ep7 Fundraiser

 In 2015, what we knew about Iron Age shields all changed. And it changed in a field in Leicester...

Iron Age Curator Sophia Adams explains the construction of the first shield made of tree bark ever discovered in the Northern Hemisphere - how it was built, how it was used and how it changes what we know about shields of the time.

Boudicca's horde at the battle of Watling street, imagined by Joseph Feely.

  Joseph Feely - Official Website