Torc / portion

Description

One of two joining fragments making up half of a tubular torc of gold, folded sheet construction with three rows of mushroom-lobe decoration, Iron Age, found as part of a hoard comprising four torcs, at Blair Drummond, Perthshire, on 28 September 2009

Museum reference

X.2011.6.2.2

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Torc / portion

Date

Iron Age

Materials

Gold

Collection place(s)

Blair Drummond, Perthshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Finder: Booth, David, 2009 (fl.)

Exhibitions

• Celts (10 Mar 2016 - 25 Sep 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Celts: Art and Identity (24 Sep 2015 - 31 Jan 2016)
  British Museum

On display

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Credit

Acquired with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund (with a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation) and the Scottish Government