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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
This is large, circular torc or neck-ring. The bar of gold has been hammered into ‘flanges’ and then twisted anti-clockwise to create a ‘flange twisted’ form. The terminals of the bar are plain and circular in cross-section and slightly expand towards a convex end. These are hooked around each other, completing the circle of the torc.
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)
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Site Name: Harlech, Gwynedd
Notes: Single find. The torc was found in a garden near the castle at Harlech and had been in the possession of the Mostyn family since 1692.
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