Neck ring

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This bronze neck ring was found at Stitchill in Roxburghshire. It is an expensive and accomplished item of jewellery, probably made in the West Midlands of England, sometime between 0 and 200 AD.

The neck ring, of a type called a torc or collar, is made of beaten sheet bronze. It is hinged at the front and back. On either side of the five-sectioned front hinge are panels of relief decoration attached by four boss-headed rivets.

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• Online ID: 000-100-036-137-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FA 37
• Date: Between 0 and 200 AD
  
• Material: Jointed; late Celtic type
  Collar / torc
  
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• What: Collar / torc
  
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• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Stitchell
  
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• Description: Collar or torc of late Celtic type, from Stitchell, Roxburghshire, made in the West Midlands
  
• References:
  • MacGregor, Morna. Early Celtic art in North Britain. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1976, vol. 1, pp 99-101, 115, 157, 176, 182, 184; vol. 2, no. 210. 
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