Iron Age torc is declared treasure
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryCountry: England County: NorfolkInternal Links:
An Iron Age torc found in a Norfolk field has been declared treasure by a Norwich coroner. The electrum twisted wire torc was turned up by farmer Owen Carter in July and is thought to date from between 250-200BC.
Mr Carter told the EDP that he initially had no idea of the significance of what he had found.
He said: "I tripped over it! I was loading some hay up that had been cultivated, and I felt it under my boot.
"I had a look at it and thought it was an old bit of wire. Then I realised it was one of those necklaces."
The gold and silver artefact, which has a 20cm diameter, is currently in the care of the British Museum in London, but Norwich Castle Museum is keen to acquire it.
Coroner William Armstrong quoted a report from British Museum expert Dr JD Hill, which said: "The discovery adds to the growing number of Iron Age torcs that are a feature of the county.
"We can suggest it was made between 250-200BC, but it is not possible to be more precise than that."
It was not yet possible to place a value on the torc, as it is still being assessed by the British Museum.
The landowner attended the treasure inquest and confirmed that the treasure finder had had permission to be on his land.
The precise location of the site in south-west Norfolk is not being revealed.
The inquest also declared as treasure: an Anglo-Saxon ring from the 9th century found in Tibenham, near Diss, in May by Peter Day from Diss;
a 15th or 16th century brooch depicting St George slaying the dragon, found in Briston, near Holt, by metal detector Paul Dawson;
four more Roman coins found between September 2000 and January 2001 by metal detector Christopher Pears, to add to the hoard of 140 coins he found at Howe, near Norwich, in 1998;
a gilded silver wrist clasp fragment found in January 2000 at Costessey, dating from the Anglo-Saxon period;
a Roman finger ring from the 1st or 2nd century, made of silver and found at Weybourne in September 1999.
Source: EDP-Norfolk
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