Image: Torc fragment (FindID 416939)

Description: 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 Age (c.1300-1150 BC).
Title: torc fragment
Credit: https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/305730 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/305730/recordtype/artefacts Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/416939
Author: Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2010-11-22 16:51:17
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