Found near Northcott Hill, Northchurch, Hertfordshire, during the digging of the Grand Junction canal between Tring and Berkhampstead.

British Museum, Inv./Accession no.:unknown

• Bronze helmet bowl, low in the crown.
• A squat, flat-topped helmet crest holder is soldered to the apex of the crown.
• Two dome-headed rivets attach each cheek guard hinge to the helmet sides.
• The neck guard flares out noticeably before curving back to join the helmet bowl at the sides.
• Although the brow reinforcing band has been lost, the position of the rivets can be discerned still.

• Robinson, H.R. (1975), “The Armour of Imperial Rome”, (Arms & Armour Press), p.32, No.55