Neck ring
- Description
- This torc was made by a highly-skilled goldsmith. Originally it was worn around the neck but later it was carefully coiled. The torc dates from about 1300-1100 BC and is the finest piece of Bronze Age gold ever found in Somerset.
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : 76A
- Collection Class
- Prehistory
- Common Name
- neck ring
- Simple Name
- torc
- Period Classification
- Bronze Age (2500-700 BC)
- Production Date
- 1300-1100 BC
- Material
- metal, gold
- Collector / Excavator
- Henry Coles
- Collection Site Name
- Hendford Hill
- Collection Parish
- Yeovil
- Collection Town
- Yeovil
- Collection County
- Somerset
- Collection Country
- England
- Collection Continent
- Europe
