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: LIN-76B150
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
2011 T890 Circumstances of Discovery On 10th December 2011, while metal detecting on cultivated land in Ancaster, three gold rods fused together were found, the probable remains of a broken and melted down twisted wire torc of Middle Bronze Age date (c.1300-1150BC). One is made from twisted gold, one is a round, smooth rod with a pitted surface, the last is also round but the feint hint of of a twisted surface survives on one side. The hoard was found in the parish of Ancaster, Lincolnshire. Description 1. Three gold rods fused together. All three rods may once have been…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-39A9E7
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 to…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgh le Marsh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-65A032
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy beaded torc. The torc fragment has three disc beads with a moulded smaller disc immediately to either side. One terminal is broken in between two disc beads. The other terminal has a broken expanded hollow cylindrical sectioned shank. The object is slightly arched in profile.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.