Record ID: LIN-39A9E7 - IRON AGE torc

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TORC

Unique ID: LIN-39A9E7

Object type certainty: Possibly

A resized image of Late Iron Age or Roman copper alloy torc

Fragment of a solid cast copper-alloy torc or armlet dating to the late Iron Age or Roman period. The object comprises three solid reels joined in the centre by a solid circular shank. The shank is incomplete at both ends. The central reel is rectangular in cross-section and flat. The flanking reels however are plano-convex in cross-section with the flat side facing the interal reel. The reels are worn and corroded but they may bear a series of indentations around their circumferences. The object is slightly curved in plan suggesting that this item was once a large armlet or a neck torc.

The reels measure 19mm in diameter and 6mm thick. The central shank measures circa 10mm in diameter.

Compare with SWYOR-1740A7, DENO-B0A936 and LIN-65A032, though all three examples are hollow cast.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 199

Dimensions and weight

Length: 32 mm
Diameter: 19 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
To be known as: Burgh le Marsh

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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