I read a skill book for Heavy Armour that told the story of how Orsinium came to be. Didn't describe the place though.
It used to look like http://images.uesp.net/a/a1/DF-Orsinium.png. It was one of the oddest places in Daggerfall.
I'd be interested in visiting Orsinium again to see how they'd do it now. Of course, it's been destroyed a few times, but they're good smiths so it's probably recovering.
The http://i.ytimg.com/vi/FqXiZQu43qc/0.jpg look kinda reminds me of Skyrim's http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Orcish_Shield_%28Skyrim%29.