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Moel Hebog shield
Moel Hebog shield
Tarian Moel Hebog
	Moel Hebog shield. Wales, 1300–1000 BC. On display at the British Museum.
Material	Welsh sheet-bronze
Discovered	1300–1000 BC
Present location	British Museum

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The Moel Hebog shield (Welsh: Tarian Moel Hebog) or Moel Siabod shield^[1] is a large copper-alloy Yetholm-type shield from Bronze Age Britain, found in Wales in 1784, and is now in the British Museum in London. It dates from 1300–1000 BC.

Description

The late Bronze Age shield was found in a bog near Moel Hebog mountain in 1784, near Beddgelert. It is now in the British Museum's collection.^[2]^[3]^[4] Other sources point to a finding on Moel Siabod.^[1]^[5]

Richard Blurton wrote of the shield in the book The Enduring Image: Treasures from the British Museum, "This shield is a splendid example, representative of the rise of large sheet-bronze work in later Bronze Age Europe. Much effort was directed towards the production of ceremonial metal armour indicating the prevalence of the idea of man as a warrior."^[6]

There have been calls for that and other artefacts to be returned to Wales.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Bronze Age Shield - Findspot, Moel Siabod (512940)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
^ "shield | British Museum". The British Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
^ "Buried treasure: calls for important Welsh artefacts to be brought back home". Nation.Cymru. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^ A short account of Caernarvon, and Bedd-kill-hart, or, Beddgelart. 1806. p. 25.
^ Walford, Edward; Cox, John Charles; Apperson, George Latimer (1911). The Antiquary. E. Stock. p. 63.
^ Blurton (1997). The Enduring Image: Treasures from the British Museum.
^ "Buried treasure: calls for important Welsh artefacts to be brought back home". Nation.Cymru. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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[:0-1] "Bronze Age Shield - Findspot, Moel Siabod (512940)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

[2] "shield | British Museum". The British Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

[3] "Buried treasure: calls for important Welsh artefacts to be brought back home". Nation.Cymru. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

[4] A short account of Caernarvon, and Bedd-kill-hart, or, Beddgelart. 1806. p. 25.

[5] Walford, Edward; Cox, John Charles; Apperson, George Latimer (1911). The Antiquary. E. Stock. p. 63.

[6] Blurton (1997). The Enduring Image: Treasures from the British Museum.

[7] "Buried treasure: calls for important Welsh artefacts to be brought back home". Nation.Cymru. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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+{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
-The '''Moel Hebog shield''' ([[Welsh language|Welsh]]: '''Tarian Moel Hebog''') is a Welsh bronze age shield dating from 1300-1000 BC.{{Infobox Artifact|name=Moel Hebog shield|image=File:Tarian Moel Hebog- Moel Hebog Shield.jpg|image_caption=Moel Hebog shield. Wales, 1300-1000 BC. On display at the British Museum.|material=Welsh sheet-bronze|created=|discovered=1300 BC - 1000 BC|location=[[British Museum]]}}
+{{Short description|Bronze Age shield found in Wales}}
+{{Infobox Artifact|name=Moel Hebog shield|image=File:Tarian Moel Hebog- Moel Hebog Shield.jpg|image_caption=Moel Hebog shield. Wales, 1300–1000 BC. On display at the British Museum.|material=Welsh sheet-bronze|created=|discovered=1300–1000 BC|location=[[British Museum]]|native_name=Tarian Moel Hebog|native_name_lang=[[Welsh]]}}
+The '''Moel Hebog shield''' ({{langx|cy|Tarian Moel Hebog}}) or '''Moel Siabod shield'''<ref name=":0">{{Coflein |desc=Bronze Age Shield - Findspot, Moel Siabod |num=512940 |access-date=2023-01-18 |language=en}}</ref> is a large copper-alloy [[Yetholm-type shield]] from [[Bronze Age Britain]], found in [[Wales]] in 1784, and is now in the [[British Museum]] in London. It dates from 1300–1000 BC.
-== About ==
+== Description ==
-[[File:The NW slopes of Moel Hebog towards Moel yr Ogof - geograph.org.uk - 72475.jpg|left|thumb|234x234px|The North-West slopes of Moel Hebog towards Moel yr Ogof Gwynedd, Wales.]]
+[[File:The NW slopes of Moel Hebog towards Moel yr Ogof - geograph.org.uk - 72475.jpg|left|thumb|The north-west slopes of Moel Hebog towards Moel yr Ogof, Gwynedd, Wales]]
+The late [[Bronze Age]] shield was found in a bog near [[Moel Hebog|Moel Hebog mountain]] in 1784, near [[Beddgelert]]. It is now in the British Museum's collection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=shield {{!}} British Museum |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1873-0210-1 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=The British Museum |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2021 |title=Buried treasure: calls for important Welsh artefacts to be brought back home |url=https://nation.cymru/news/buried-treasure-calls-for-important-welsh-artefacts-to-be-brought-back-home/ |access-date=14 July 2022 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0LMHAAAAQAAJ&dq=moel+hebog+shield&pg=PA25 |title=A short account of Caernarvon, and Bedd-kill-hart, or, Beddgelart |date=1806 |pages=25 |language=en}}</ref> Other sources point to a finding on [[Moel Siabod]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Walford |first1=Edward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TdprtVo3bG0C&dq=moel+siabod+shield&pg=PA63 |title=The Antiquary |last2=Cox |first2=John Charles |last3=Apperson |first3=George Latimer |date=1911 |publisher=E. Stock |pages=63 |language=en}}</ref>
-A late [[Bronze Age]] shield was found in a bog near Moel Hebog in 1784. It is now in the [[British Museum]]'s collection.<ref>[https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=827321&partId=1&place=39216&plaA=39216-3-2&page=1 British Museum Collection]</ref>
-Blurton wrote of the Shield in the book "The Enduring Image: Treasures from the British Museum", "This shield is a splendid example, representative of the rise of large sheet-bronze work in later Bronze Age Europe. Much effort was directed towards the production of ceremonial metal armour indicating the prevalence of the idea of man as a warrior."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blurton |title=The Enduring Image: Treasures from the British Museum |year=1997}}</ref>
+Richard Blurton wrote of the shield in the book ''The Enduring Image: Treasures from the British Museum'', "This shield is a splendid example, representative of the rise of large sheet-bronze work in later Bronze Age Europe. Much effort was directed towards the production of ceremonial metal armour indicating the prevalence of the idea of man as a warrior."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blurton |title=The Enduring Image: Treasures from the British Museum |year=1997}}</ref>
+There have been [[Proposed return of artefacts to Wales|calls for that and other artefacts to be returned to Wales]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2021 |title=Buried treasure: calls for important Welsh artefacts to be brought back home |url=https://nation.cymru/news/buried-treasure-calls-for-important-welsh-artefacts-to-be-brought-back-home/ |access-date=10 February 2022 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB}}</ref>
+== See also ==
+* [[Archaeology of Wales]]
 == References ==
+{{reflist}}
-[[category:Archaeology of Wales]]
+{{Archaeology of Wales}}
+{{Celts}}
+[[Category:Bronze Age Wales]]
+[[Category:Individual shields]]
+[[Category:Prehistoric objects in the British Museum]]
+[[Category:Welsh artefacts]]
+{{Wales-history-stub}}
+[[Category:Archaeological discoveries in the United Kingdom]]
+[[Category:1784 archaeological discoveries]]