With an eight-foot long spear, a short sword, and a bronze-covered shield, the total weight of their equipment was therefore in the region of 60 to 70 lbs: almost half their own bodyweight!

Radiocarbon dating has revealed the shield was made in the Middle Iron Age, between 395 and 255 BC. It measured 670 x 370mm (26ins x 15ins) and had been damaged, probably by sword and spear strikes.

Mighty Zonaite Longsword is a heavy two-handed weapon, and Link swings it slower than one-handed melee weapons or strikes delivered with a two-handed spear ... a shield bash attack. Large Swords ...