Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Early Iron Age bronze torc

Solid, bipartite, derived from a continental La Tene Ib-c type with the two parts of unequal size, joined by a hinge (from which the pin is missing) and a dowel catch. The torc has a flattened inner surface and an outer-decoration of three-quarter sperical contiguous knobs of equal size.

LI1.4

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

41.109/8

Find Information

Site Name: Hendre Bach, Clynnog

Date: 1834

Acquisition

donation, 11/6/1941

Measurements

diameter / mm:138.0 (overall)
thickness / mm:11.0 (through knobs)
weight / g:287.2

Material

Copper alloy

Location

location verified by JLD

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