Record ID: LVPL-9D0ED4
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment possibly from a torc. It is a single piece of twisted copper alloy and is circular in section. The terminal is thicker and rounded. It has broken at the other end.
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harthill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-A99B98
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold rod, possibly from an unfinished twisted torc or arm/neck ornament. It is square in section with two broken ends. These edges have been made using a swage with a triangular indentation which creates a feathery edge that has then been hammered back into the metal, as they could not file them off as they would now, and can be seen as wavy lines on the sides of the fragment (Martin Page pers comm). Similar examples have been found individually, from Paul parish (CORN-B6B241). If it is an unfinished twisted neck ornament as seems possible, then it would date from the Middle Bronze Ag…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Camborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0BADC6
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze/Early Iron Age bracelet (torc) fragment dating between 1150-300BC. The length is 82mm, width 23mm, thickness 6mm and the weight 19.73g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH LAKES', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C0C054
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A Bronze Age gold flanged- twisted torc fragment can be dated typologically to the Taunton (c. 1400-1250 BC), more probably the Penard (c. 1300-1150 BC), metalwork phases of the Middle Bronze Age. Treasure case no. 2011 T501. The coiled flanges have a regular spacing although are slightly tighter on one end. Both ends have been cut and as a result the flanges were crushed and are flattened. The profile is slightly curved. The rim on the flanges has marks and is flattened in some areas. Possible traces of repair between flanges. Length: 40.76 mm, Maximum Thickness: 6.71 mm, Wei…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shorwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-B6B241
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: 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…
Created on: Thursday 15th May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Paul', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-C07E88
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two middle Bronze Age ribbon torcs. Description 1. A gold ribbon torc with hooks at both ends which has been folded and bent in eight places. A narrow thicker section of un-hammered wire has been left in the centre of the torc and at both ends. The latter narrow lengths have been folded back on themselves to form the simple hook fasteners. The surfaces are smooth and the colour a shiny light gold. Folded length: 100.5mm; approx unfolded length: 346.7mm; max width of ribbon; 8.8mm; min width of ribbon: 2mm; thickness range; 0.4mm-1.4mm; length of hooks: 8.4mm; thickness of hoo…
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellesborough area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-83AC41
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold twisted slender armlet that has been coiled six times (Middle Bronze Age circa 1300-1100BC). The armlet has a four-flange twisted body and plain terminals which expand gently towards the ends (length: 42.10mm; diameter at widest point: 5.12mm). The terminals are doubled back. The armlet is coiled neatly into a roughly circular shape. Two of the coils have been bent back at ninety degrees to the rest of the coils, this may be deliberate or it may be modern damage, ?plough damage. Dimensions: weight: 132.43g; length: 83.33mm; width: 72.94mm; thickness: 46.99mm. This is part of a …
Created on: Monday 27th September 2004
Last updated: Saturday 24th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crow Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-687927
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold twisted armlet that has been coiled five times (Middle Bronze Age circa 1300-1100BC). The armlet has a four-flange twisted body and plain terminals which expand gently towards the ends (length: 58.42mm; diameter at widest point: 7.65mm). The terminals are doubled back. There is some modern damage (?plough damage) to two of the coils and this has distorted the overall shape of the coiled armlet. Dimensions: weight: 262g; length: 123.69mm; width: 75.35mm; thickness: 81.31mm. This is part of a Middle Bronze Age hoard consisting of two twisted arm/neck ornaments and three penannula…
Created on: Wednesday 20th October 2004
Last updated: Monday 20th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crowdown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-BE6A53
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
An undecorated gold torc, or neckring, made from a thin rod of gold tapering towards either terminal. One terminal is intact and is hooked. Dimensions and metal content: 1. Maximum diameter:155mm; maximum thickness: 3.4mm; thickness of the intact terminal end: 0.5mm; weight: 36.1g. X-ray fluorescence analysis of the torc conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content of 81 per cent.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Friday 2nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CANTLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5E0AB6
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Curved fragment of a Middle Bronze Age, 1400-1100 BC, copper-alloy twisted ribbon torc. The fragment has six twists with old, patinated, breaks at each end. The twists are slightly tighter at the ends than in the centre and the curve is uneven suggesting it has been bent out of shape. The 'ribbon' is a flattened pointed oval in section with edges which come to a point. The fragment is 64.8mm long, the ribbon varies from 8.0 to 7.3mm wide and is 2.0mm thick. The fragment weighs 8.28 grams. There are two Middle Bronze Age bronze ribbon torcs known from Somerset from the hoards at Edi…
Created on: Monday 25th April 2011
Last updated: Sunday 5th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sherborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4CEB2B
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of penannular copper alloy middle Bronze Age spiral twisted torc. The fragment is 68.5mm long, 54mm of which is comprised of a twisted spiral with curved peaks (5.8mm thick) and troughs (4.5mm thick), and the remainder is narrowed to a circular section (3.2mm in diameter). The fragment has a dark green to black patina with old breaks at either end. Based on the curvature of this fragment the estimated original diameter of the whole torc would be approximately 220mm. The find is paralleled by examples found in the 'Near Lewes' hoard in 2011 cf. SUSS-C5D042 which date to the mi…
Created on: Sunday 15th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Goring', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-709481
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure reference number 2015 T204: a fragment of a Middle Bronze Age gold torc Potential Treasure Report for H M Coroner 2015 T204: Near Grimsby, Lincolnshire: Gold torc fragment of Middle Bronze Age date Circumstances: On the 12th of March 2015 a fragment of Middle Bronze Age gold torc was found by [ ] whilst searching with a metal detector on cultivated land with the permission of the land owner. Description: A fragment consisting of a length of the body and one terminal of a gold torc of Middle Bronze Age date. The fragment has an uneven break and the terminal is trum…
Created on: Monday 16th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Grimsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-E5D871
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: The 'East Cambridgeshire' torc is a four-flange twisted bar torc of Middle Bronze Age date, known to belong to the Penard phase of c.1300-1150 BC (Taylor 1980, 62; Needham 2001; Roberts 2007). It is made of three separate components: two very similar, undecorated, bent-back, 'trumpet'-shaped, terminals affixed at either end of an exceptionally long (126.5cms, excluding the terminals) spiral twisted bar with very regular cruciform (i.e. '+' shaped) cross-section. The advantages of casting such an elaborate torc in three pieces is discussed by Taylor (1980, 61-2). A neat …
Created on: Friday 2nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-C8DC02
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Middle Bronze Age (probably Penard phase, c. 1300 - 1100 BC) flange- or bar-twisted gold torc, consisting of a section including one complete end (Eogan 1967). The torc has a cruciform (x-shaped) cross-section with four flanges coming to a sub-square terminal where the flanges are only minimally visible. It is bent at a curved right angle shortly before the break at the other end. The complete end is square in cross-section, measuring 2.9x2.8mm. From here the flanges start to become defined and then begin to twist. At the deepest the depth between the flanges is 1.5mm d…
Created on: Wednesday 18th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 29th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Droxford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-EF04B8
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A short length of twisted gold torc with three arms. From a gold flange twisted torc. Metal composition: Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the fragment indicated a surface composition of approximately 88-89% gold, 11 % silver, and at least 0.5% copper. Length: 35.73 mm Width: 10.35 mm Thickness: 1.09 mm Weight: 12.02 g
Created on: Friday 20th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Meldreth area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-CC3000
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A three-sided gold fragment, 25mm long, now worn and flattened. This is a fragment probably from a three-stranded twisted bar torc dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c 1300-1150BC. Gillian Varndell, Curator, Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Created on: Friday 8th November 2013
Last updated: Sunday 8th November 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-FACB19
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Small fragment of a twisted gold ornament, cut at both ends. Max. surviving length 26.26mm; breadth c 9.78 x 8.71mm; weight 6.34 grams. Fragment of a flange-twisted torcof the Middle Bronze Age, circa 1300-1150 BC. Such fragments are typically cut at the ends. The item thus qualifies as Treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act of 1996.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Powerstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AA390A
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2016 T203: Acquired by Somerset Museum Service Description: A fragment of Middle Bronze Age flange- or bar-twisted gold torc. The torc would have been manufactured from a cast bar into which four longitudinal cuts were made. These were then worked to create an X-shaped cross-section and finally the bar was twisted to create a spiral effect. Only a small portion of the original object survives. The fragment terminates in clean breaks at either end and is likely to have been cut. It has been bent into a U-shape with one terminal projecting upwards and the other bent…
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 17th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-91FB76
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy spiral-twisted torc dating to the Taunton and Penard 'Ornament Horizon' metalwork phases of the Middle Bronze Age, circa 1400-1150 BC. The present 73mm diameter annular shape is formed from circular-section bronze rod which has been twisted into a spiral. The ends slightly overlap and both have been broken in antiquity. On one of the broken ends the twist and cross-section begins to taper-off suggesting that the break is close to a missing hooked-end terminal. The other end is an abrupt break across full twist and cross-section. The evidence strongly suggests t…
Created on: Saturday 7th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-8A8219
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Middle Bronze Age cast gold spiral-twisted torc dating to the to the Taunton (c.1400-1250 BC), or more probably the Penard (c. 1300-1150 BC), metalwork phases of the Middle Bronze Age (dates following Roberts et al. 2013). Description: Possibly less than half of the object survives due to two transverse breaks in the bar. The object is made of a rod that has bent into a U-shape in plane. This rod is square in section with accentuated corners created by slightly concave edges. This has been twisted tightly across surviving its length, having 22 twists. Scienti…
Created on: Friday 12th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Littlebourne', grid reference and parish protected.