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Tubular torcs from Snettisham
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Museum Number: NWHCM : 1949.74.1
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Torcs are large neck rings, worn as jewellery and as symbols of wealth and power by rulers in the Iron Age. Snettisham in Norfolk has become famous for the fantastic gold torcs that have been discovered there in the last century and some of the earliest finds from the parish are these ‘tubular’ torcs.

Made of gold sheet, they were formed over a core that might be of wood or clay. This produced the large plain rings seen in these torcs, but which were relatively light. These torcs are decorated with large rings that would originally have been at the back of the wearer’s neck. The most spectacular was decorated with a band of delicate decoration using Celtic art motifs.
 
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