TORC
Unique ID: CORN-B6B241
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
Gold fragment of a twisted torc, or arm/neck ornament, with three-flanged twisted body, which is triangular in section, and expanded terminal, which is circular in section. Twisted ornaments from this period are normally four-flanged and square in section, so this example is unusual, and perhaps was rejected as it has been levered off the longer piece at one end and folded in on itself, ready to be placed in a crucible and melted down to be re-used. The terminal also looks unfinished. Similar examples have been found in a gold hoard from Amalveor, Towednack, also in Penwith, but these are square in section. Pearce (1983) illustrates this hoard on page 693, Plate 140, No.142, and another example of a flange-twisted torc with expanded trumpet terminals from Dorset on page 614, Plate 53, No.413b. Late Middle Bronze Age c.1300-1150 BC
Notes:
TVC recommended valuation: £100
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2006T550
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 1300 BC
Date to: 1150 BC
Dimensions and weight
Length: 59 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 4.75 g
Diameter: 4 mm
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 21st October 2006
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Anna
Tyacke
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Identified by: Ms Anna
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Secondary identifier:
Gillian Varndell - [
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2006T550
Museum accession number: 2008.32.2
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West
County: Cornwall
District: Penwith
To be known as: Paul
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
References cited
- Pearce, S M, 1983. The Bronze Age Metalwork of south western Britain (2 vols.) Oxford : British Archaeological Reports 120, pp614 & 693, Plates 53 & 140,
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Created:
Thursday 15th May 2008
Updated: Tuesday 17th April 2012
