| Yarm helmet | |
|---|---|
 Drawing of the Yarm helmet in undamaged condition, without hypotheticalaventail | |
| Material | Iron |
| Discovered | 1950s Yarm, nearStockton-on-Tees, England |
| Present location | Preston Park Museum |
TheYarm helmet is a circa 10th-centuryViking AgeAnglo-Scandinavianhelmet that was found inYarm in theNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is the first relatively complete Anglo-Scandinavian helmet found in Britain and only the second relatively complete/intact Viking age helmet discovered in north-west Europe.
The helmet was discovered in the 1950s by workmen digging pipe trenches in Chapel Yard,Yarm, near theRiver Tees. Research led byChris Caple ofDurham University, and published in 2020, established that the helmet dates to the 10th century.[1] It's also likely the helmet is dated from before the Viking Age, based on comparison with helmets from the Migration Era.[2]
It is on display at thePreston Park Museum in Stockton-on-Tees. It is on loan from Yarm Town Council.[3]
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The iron helmet is made of bands and plates, riveted together, with a simpleknop at the top. Below the brow band it has a "spectacle mask",[3] a guard around the eyes and nose forming a sort ofvisor, which suggests an affinity with earlierVendel Period helmets.[3] The lower edge of the brow band is pierced with circular holes, where a mail curtain oraventail may have been attached.[3]
The only other near-complete Viking helmet is theGjermundbu helmet in Norway. Other helmet remains exist, such as theTjele helmet fragment from Denmark, theLokrume helmet fragment from Sweden, and a fragment fromKyiv.[4]
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