The remains of six helmets from the Viking Age are known to exist:
the Tjele helmet fragment; two fragments from Gotland; one fragment from Kiev; the Gjermundbu helmet; and the Yarm helmet, which is the first Anglo-Scandinavian helmet discovered in Britain, found in Yarm, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England. Of the four helmet fragments found in Scandinavia, only the remains from Gjermundbu were of use in significant reconstruction.[30] The Gjermundbu helmet dates to the 10th century. It was excavated on a farm called Gjermundbu in Ringerike in central Norway. Gjermundbu is located in Haugsbygd, a village in northeast of Hønefoss, in Buskerud, Norway. This helmet was made of iron from four plates after the spangenhelm pattern. This helmet has a rounded cap, and there is evidence that it also may have had a mail aventail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Age_arms_and_armour#Helmet
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