Bronze Age Torc
Artist: Bronze Age
Location: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
Date: 1350-1000 BC
Materials: gold
Dimensions: 11 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £18,750 (Total: £75,000)
Vendor: Treasure Trove Reviewing Committee
Review number: 3957 (1993)
Provenance:
Found by Graham Chaddock & Reginald day at Keysley Down, Monkton, Deverill, Wiltshire, August 1990; declared Treasure trove 1993.
Description:
Made from a single gold bar, with small proportions of silver & copper, twisted & then doubled back on itself, to form three strands. The strands were loosley wound around each other & shaped into a circle, fastened by two interlinking hooked terminals.
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