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The Hallaton Helmet is a decorated iron Roman cavalry parade helmet originally covered in a sheet of silver and decorated in places with gold leaf. It was discovered in 2000 near Hallaton, Leicestershire after Ken Wallace, a member of the Hallaton Fieldwork Group, found coins in the area. Further investigation by professional archaeologists ...
The Roman Hallaton Helmet underwent nine years of conservation at the British Museum and went on display at Harborough Museum in 2012. In January 2011 it was announced that the skeleton of a dog, believed to have been sacrificed to guard the treasure, would also be displayed at Harborough Museum.
The Crosby Garrett Helmet is a copper alloy Roman cavalry helmet dating from the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD. It was found by an unnamed metal detectorist near Crosby Garrett in Cumbria, England, in May 2010. Later investigations found that a Romano-British farming settlement had occupied the site where the helmet was discovered, which was ...
→ Roman helmet looked like a 'rusty bucket' when it was found in UK. Now, it's restored Now, it's restored → Elaborate 600-year-old castle — complete with moat — unearthed in France.
Late Roman ridge helmet (Berkasovo-type), found at Deurne, Netherlands. It is covered in silver-gilt sheathing and is inscribed to a cavalryman of the equites stablesiani. The majority of examples excavated to date have evidence of either decorative silvering of the iron, or are covered by costly silver or silver-gilt sheathing, a job entrusted ...
→ Roman helmet looked like a 'rusty bucket' when it was found in UK. Now, it's restored Now, it's restored → Elaborate 600-year-old castle — complete with moat — unearthed in France.
→ Roman helmet looked like a 'rusty bucket' when it was found in UK. Now, it's restored Now, it's restored → Elaborate 600-year-old castle — complete with moat — unearthed in France.
The site of the treasure proved to be an internationally important ritual site dating mostly to the generations before and after the Roman conquest of Britain in the 1st century AD. The Hallaton Helmet underwent conservation and research for about ten years at the British Museum and has been exhibited at the Harborough Museum since January 2012 ...