Neck Ring (Piece)

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This piece of a bronze and iron neck ring, of a type also known as a beaded torc, was found at Hyndford Crannog in Lanarkshire. It was worn sometime between 0 and 150 AD. This picture shows the back of the neck ring.

The front part of the neck ring survives. It is made of cast bronze segments strung on an iron rod. Only the fronts of the beads are decorated, with their backs plain and smooth.

The wearing of ostentatious jewellery was just one of several ways in which the elite of Iron Age Scotland displayed their wealth and power.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-998-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.HTA 1
• Date: Between 0 and 150 AD
  
• Material: Bronze; consisting of twelve cast transversely ribbed beads, separated by thirteen narrow discs, ending in two rectangular pieces
  Torc
  
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• What: Torc
  
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• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Lanark, Hyndford Crannog
  
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• Description: Bronze beaded torc from Hyndford Crannog
  
• References:
  • Stevenson, Robert B.K. Metal-work and some other objects in Scotland and their cultural affinities. In: Rivet, A.L.F. The Iron Age in northern Britain. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1966, p. 26. 
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