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=**__Viking Shield__**=

It was found at the viking ring fortress of trelleborg near denmark.

It is a wooden viking shield. it is 1105 years old,it is 85 cm wide, it is made of 7 fir planks. it is 8 mm thick in the middle and going down to 5 mm at the edge.

It was important because it is one of the most preserved shields ever found.