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Iron Age / Roman copper alloy beaded torc
Four beads and curved bar of circular cross section which form part of a beaded torc, the beads being threaded onto the bar. The beads are slightly flattened and have a globulkar shape resembling melon beads and traces of gilding survive between the ribs.
Torcs of this kind are known from Scotland and North Western England with parallels for this type of beading being found at Hyndford, Lanarkshire and Lochar Moss, Dumfrieshire (Macgregor, 1976).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
19.54/11
Find Information
Site Name: Tre'r Ceiri, Llanaelhaearn
Date: 1906
Notes: From excavations in 1906. Found in Hut 41.
Measurements
length / mm:80 (bar)
diameter / mm:5.2 (bar)
length / mm:40 (beads)
diameter / mm:15-21 (beads)
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