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THE SMALLS SWORD GUARD: DISCOVERY, SIGNIFICANCE AND EXPERIMENTAL REPLICATION OF A HIBERNO-URNES MASTERPIECE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2023

Mark Redknap
Mark Redknap*
Affiliation:
Mark Redknap, Department of History and Archaeology, Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, UK. Email: mark.redknap@museumwales.ac.uk
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Abstract

One of the finest examples of secular Hiberno-Urnes art from England and Wales was discovered by a diver on the offshore reef known as The Smalls (Welsh Gwales), Pembrokeshire, in the Irish Sea. The guard was probably made in Ireland about ad 1100–25 in a distinctive Hiberno-Scandinavian decorative style and technique with niello and silver inlays, and it illustrates the skills of a master craftsman or saer working for secular and ecclesiastical patrons. The findspot is now designated as historic wreck site under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1976 (no. 38).

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sword guardHiberno-Urnesprotected wreckSmallsWalesexperimental replication
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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 103 , October 2023 , pp. 63 - 101
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society of Antiquaries of London

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