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Description: | A cast copper alloy fragment of an Iron Age torc.This type of torc is a common find in Scotland, but much rarer in Yorkshire - although examples are known. All that survives of the torc are four ribbed beads, all cast together. They are heavily pitted and corroded, as are the breaks at either end. The reverse is flatter and smoother, while the front is ribbed. It is not clear exactly how many ribbed would have made up the torc. On the reverse of one of the beads there is a back to front L-shaped aperture, this may have been used to hold the beads to the rest of the necklace. A similar one was found in Skerne, East Riding of Yorkshire and can be seen in MacGregor, 1976, vol: 2, 207.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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