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These three gold bracelets and two fragments of another, were found at Lower Largo in Fife. They were expensive and high status items of jewellery, worn sometime between 300 BC and 50 AD.

The bracelets were made by twisting a thin band of gold, a simple but elegant means of decoration. Similar objects were worn as neck rings, but the size of these ones suggest that they were worn as bracelets.

Jewellery functioned as a symbol of power and prestige in many periods. Some items, such as these, were worn to confirm the status and wealth of their aristocratic owners, popular over a long period of time.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-980-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FE 56
• Date: Between 300 BC and 50 AD
  
• Material: Gold ribbon; spirally twisted; with recurved ends
  Gold ribbon; spirally twisted; with recurved ends
  Gold ribbon; spirally twisted; with recurved ends
  Gold ribbon; spirally twisted; with recurved ends
  Torc
  Torc
  Torc
  Torc / fragment
  
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• What: Torc
  Torc
  Torc
  Torc / fragment
  
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• Who:
• Where: Scotland, Fife, Lower Largo
  Scotland, Fife, Lower Largo
  Scotland, Fife, Lower Largo
  Scotland, Fife, Lower Largo
  
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• Description: Gold ribbon torc from Lower Largo
  Gold ribbon torc from Lower Largo
  Gold ribbon torc from Lower Largo
  Fragment of a gold ribbon torc from Lower Largo
  
• References:
  • Coles, John M. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), 16-134, esp. p 92. 
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