by Tess Machling & Roland Williamson
by Tess Machling, Roll Williamson & Mark Randerson [A download/print PDF version of the paper & Appendix 1 can be found at the end of the paper] This paper can be cited as: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10973036 Abstract The Knaresborough ring is a unique find. Found in 1994 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, the ring is made from sheet …
by Tess Machling & Roll Williamson [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] This paper can be cited as: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10511424 Abstract In our 2018 Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society paper (Machling & Williamson 2018) we discussed the manufacturing techniques of the Netherurd terminal, the Newark torc and suggested ideas …
Continue reading "The sheet torus torcs from Britain: an update."
by Tess Machling, Roll Williamson & Giovanna Fregni [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Abstract This paper can be cited as: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10511405 The ‘Pulborough Area’ torc is a chimera: apparently made from the correct Iron Age material, using a valid construction technique and in a known form, however, …
[A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] This paper can be cited as: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10629085 Those of you who have followed our work for some time will know that we aim to carry out, and share, our research in original ways. From independently peer reviewed papers to chocolate torcs, we …
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] This paper can be cited as: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10511411 The Snettisham Great torc is one of the most recognisable and well known Iron Age artefacts in Britain. Found in 1950 by Tom Rout, whilst ploughing fields on the Ken Hill estate …
Continue reading "Pattern and purpose: a new story about the creation of the Snettisham Great torc."
Originally published elsewhere: 10th December 2018. In a previous blog we wrote about the possibility that the Iron Age Newark torc had been redeposited during the Viking period, as evidenced by the 5mm by 2mm gash which can be seen on the interior of one of the Newark torc's terminals. This gash, as previously mentioned …
Continue reading "Did Vikings ‘nick’ the Newark torc…and the West Lindsey and Towton torcs too?"
Originally published elsewhere: 17th May 2018. We’ve spent a lot of time researching Iron Age torcs of the sort most famously represented by the Snettisham Great Torc and we have now been able to prove that many of these torcs were made using a previously unknown gold sheet-work technique. We have also been able to show that …
Originally published elsewhere: 4th September 2018 We all make mistakes. In academia, it’s sometimes tricky to hold your hands up and admit you got it wrong. But we did. We got it wrong. The long and short of it is that the Newark torc is not sheet-work as we previously thought and wrote about, but is …
Today I was doing my usual trawl through photos, looking to be inspired. It wasn't long coming as I found three torcs with a very similar pattern: two from Snettisham, one from Glascote. But whether these three torcs are from the same hand will need to wait for another day because - as I was …
(This was cropped from a previous paper as it didn't fit, but thought it was worth putting here as a blog: not peer reviewed, not definitive, but might spark some ideas....) At present, the sourcing of gold used to make Iron Age artefacts from the United Kingdom is unresolved. For Irish material, work by Warner …
The Big Book of Torcs 