Record ID: SOM-1077EF
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy terminal from an Iron Age torc (neck ring). The terminal is 'buffer' or 'thistle-head' shaped with an expanded circular end with slightly irregular outline and a concave outer face, behind this end is a constrction then an expansion into a large, slightly angular bead, 16.0mm in diameter, then a second constriction then an expansion in the form of a narrower rounded collar 10.3mm in diameter. At the inner side of the collar is a broken area where a slightly oval cross-sectioned bar continued, it is 4.2mm by 4.8mm at the break. The end is covered by a reddish corrosion but…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-88E8DD
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy beaded torc section of likely Iron Age to Early Roman date. The fragment consists of three copper alloy beads cast in one peice, with a narrow waist at the interstice of each bead. The central bead is a three-quarter sphere, hollow with an oval opening at its base. The two side beads are similarly incomplete, hollow spheres, with a continuous sub-rectangular opening on both their base and lateral side. The right angled corner produced has then been drilled through on either side, presumably allowing for a hinged connection with the rest of the bracelet. The fragment…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fyfield CP', 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: 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.