Template:Did you know nominations/Witcham Gravel helmet

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The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 10:29, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Witcham Gravel helmet[edit]

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Witcham Gravel helmet

... that the Witcham Gravel helmet (pictured) is the only Roman helmet of its kind? Source: Kaminski & Sim 2014, p. 69: "Labelled as 'Auxiliary Cavalry B' in Robinson’s typology of Roman helmets, it is the only surviving example of such a helmet form"; p. 75: The most distinctive features of the helmet are the raised roundels reminiscent of a traditional bicycle bell. These are as yet unique among the currently known corpus of Roman helmets."
- ALT1:... that the Roman Witcham Gravel helmet (pictured) was discovered under four feet of peat? Source: Kaminski & Sim 2014, p. 69: "It had been discovered at a depth of 'about four feet' during turf digging at Witcham Gravel".

Reviewed: Digiday

Created by Usernameunique (talk). Self-nominated at 12:35, 28 December 2017 (UTC).

age and size passed, written neutrally, ALT1 hook better, offline source accepted in good faith. QPQ done. Free of copyvio. good to go. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:08, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

That was fast, thanks Casliber! For what it's worth, the source is actually online here. --Usernameunique (talk) 13:16, 28 December 2017 (UTC)