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Late Iron Age torc segment (electrotype)
2 replicas. A thick semi-circular plate with, at one end, the remains of the attachment for a hinge, at the other end a groove for a pin apparently for a fastening. The underface is plain; the upper is decorated in low relief with a series of pointed leaf-forms with hemispherical raised bosses riveted to the plate forming trumpet units of Llyn Cerrig Bach tradition, but with marginal piping linked by S-scrolls.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
37.226/2
Find Information
Site Name: Pencoed-y-Foel, Llandysul
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1875
Notes: the original was found during ploughing within the small hillfort, and is now in the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Cardiganshire County History (1993) p238 states the NGR as SN 425 428, but SN 425 427 on p272
Acquisition
Purchase, 11/5/1937
Measurements
diameter / mm:150
width / mm:18-26
thickness / mm:6.5
Material
electrotype
Location
In store
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