SoA Catalogue of Drawings and Museum Objects: Bronze shield

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LDSAL 80

Bronze shield

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Object number	LDSAL 80
Description	Circular bronze shield with a central boss, surrounded by twenty-nine concentric rows of small studs separated by intervening ribs. Behind the boss is a handle attached by rivets.
Comments	The shield was found 1.8 - 2.1m (6-7 feet) below the surface in peat moss at Luggtonrigge Farm, near Giffin Castle, Beith, North Ayrshire, circa 1780. Five or six similar shields, which had been ranged regularly in a ring, were also found. Sir Samuel Meyrick designated it as 'the tarian'. It is very similiar to 'the tarian' in the Goodrich Court Armoury found near Aberystwith. A comparable shield, which was found near Capel Cerrig, Denbighshire, was exhibited to the Society on 9th December 1784 by Samuel More, Secretary of the Society of Arts.
Material	Bronze
Measurements	Diameter (mm) : 120 (of boss) Diameter (mm) : 680 (of shield)
Association	Associated person:	Storie, Mr
	Association type:	Previous Owner
	Date:	18th century : Late
	Note:	The shield was secured by Mr Storie of Paisley, owner of the estate where it was found. He gave it to Dr Ferris.
Association	Associated person:	Ferris
	Association type:	Donation
	Date:	1791 18th century
	Note:	Presented to the Society of Antiquaries on 17th November 1791.
Association	Association type:	SAL Meeting (Ordinary Meeting)
Association	Note:	17 November 1791
Bibliography	Coles, J.M., Leach, P., Minnitt, S.C., Tabor, R. & Wilson, A.S., 1999, A Later Bronze Age shield from South Cadbury, Somerset, England, Antiquity, Vol. 73, No. 279, 33-48. John Evans, The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland (London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1881), pp. 347-9. Illustrations (Engravings), pp. 347-9 Society of Antiquaries, Minutes, XXIV, 147.
Related object (SAL)	Primeval Antiquities 17.3 The Witham Shield : Similar/Related Subject Primeval Antiquities 83.3 The Witham Shield : Similar/Related Subject Primeval Antiquities 82.1 Bronze Age shield from Capel Curig, Conwy, Wales : Similar/Related Subject
Subject	Armour Bronze Bucklers Metal Shields (Armour)
People/Corporate Bodies	Ferris Storie, Mr
Place	Ayrshire Beith Europe Giffen Giffen Castle North Ayrshire Scotland United Kingdom
Date	Bronze Age : Late Prehistoric
Collection	Museum Collection
Category	Armour and Weapons Metalwork Museum Object