Subject: ceann-cinnidh clan chief
Culture: Scottish Highlander
Setting: Jacobite rebellions, Highland regiments, Scotland late 17th-18thc
Object: targe shield
Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery *
"Targe Scottish, about 1720
The circular shields used in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
by men fighting on foot survived later in Scotland as the Highlander's targe.
It was usually made of wood, covered in leather and reinforced with nails." ...
* Hanwei
National Museums of Scotland > Museum of Scotland *
* Hunterian Museum
National Museums of Scotland > Museum of Scotland *
* Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery
"Targe Scottish, about 1720 This targe is different from others in this case
in being decorated with circles instead of concentric bands.
The back has the remains of one of the two straps used to support it on the arm." ...
Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery *
* Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery
"Targe Scottish, early 18th century
Targes were carried by the Scottish Highlanders in the Jacobite Risings.
The leather covering is often decorated with concentric bands of
Celtic interlace, arranged around a central boss." ...
