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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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