Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Middle Bronze Age gold bar torc
This is a flange-twisted gold torc with undecorated conical terminals soldered on at each end. The torc has been modified in antiquity. The terminals have been straightened and pulled back in line with the bar so that they are not in the typical 'hooked' form, while the torc has been "rope-twisted" to reduce its diameter before burial.
Project Title: Gold in Britain’s auriferous regions, 2450-800 BC: towards a coherent Research Framework and Strategy. Status: Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Network Grant funded project (2018-2019)
LI1.4
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
93.77H/1
Find Information
Site Name: Tiers Cross, Milford Haven
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1991 / Feb
Acquisition
Treasure trove, 1993
Measurements
(): maximum diameter / mm:247.0
(): diameter / mm
(): terminal length / mm:52
(): terminal length / mm:54
(): length / mm:1102 (uncoiled)
(): weight / g:125.15
Material
gold
Location
St Fagans Life Is gallery : Bronze Age and Iron Age Adornment
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