The list is arranged in chronological written order – rather than by date of publication – so you can track thoughts (and mistakes) through time. I recommend starting in 2015 and working forward!
If you prefer to watch, rather than read, my YouTube channel, where you can find lectures and short torc films, is here. If you’d like me to come and speak to your society or group, in person or online, please get in touch.
Machling, T. 2025. The system is broken, so why are we not more concerned? Available online OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. 2025. The Montans torc: working with goldsmiths. Available online OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. 2025. I’m an Iron Age torc specialist, so how on earth did I end up looking at Viking gold rings?. CBA ‘A Day in Archaeology’ blog. July 2025. Available online OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. & Randerson, M. 2025. Nicked and ‘nicked’: The Knaresborough gold ring and a possible Viking-redeposited Iron Age hoard from eastern England Briefing: The magazine of the Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society, 16. 27-31 Available online OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. 2025. Iron Age gold: time for a shake up? (‘Iron Age Dialogues’ conference, Cardiff, 30th April to 2nd May 2025.) Available online OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. 2025. Private finds and image rights… and wrongs. Available online OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. 2025. ‘My precious!’ Some thoughts on access and ownership of artefacts. Available online OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. 2025. Fused, melted and dripped on: Snettisham Hoard F. Available online OPEN ACCESS DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15181315
Machling, T. 2025. A tale of two Snettisham patches. Available online OPEN ACCESS. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15181346.
Machling, T. 2025. Chewed torcs from Snettisham?. Available online OPEN ACCESS. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15181375
Machling, T. 2024. The Snettisham torcs and the British Museum. Available online OPEN ACCESS DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15251448
Machling, T. 2024. The mysterious case of the West Tilbury torc from Essex. Available online OPEN ACCESS DOI 10.5281/zenodo.14193776
Machling, T. 2024. Excavated by Victorian foxes: the stunning Needwood Forest torc. PAST: The Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society 108 (Autumn 2024), 1-3. Available online OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. 2024. Podcast: ‘Not just a pretty object’: a discussion with Sigrid Van Roode. EXARC with Phoebe Baker. Listen here OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. & Fregni, G. 2024. Fake or fortunate? The insecure provenance of the ‘Pulborough Area’ torc. Available online OPEN ACCESS DOI 10.5281/zenodo.13911434
Machling, T. 2024 ongoing. The Staffordshire Torc Odyssey. A ‘live’ blog of my latest torc project, looking at five torcs found in a small area of Staffordshire/Warwickshire. Part 1 & onwards: Available online OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. 2024. Torcing to museums: an appreciation. CBA ‘A Day in Archaeology’ blog. July 2024. Available online OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T & Frieman, C. 2024. The Springhead Clump lanceolate flint dagger from Parham, Sussex: a genuine find or a planted object? PAST: The Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society 107 (Summer 2024), 12–14. Available online OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T., Williamson, R. & Randerson, M. 2024. Nicked and ‘nicked’: The Knaresborough gold ring and a possible Viking-redeposited Iron Age hoard from eastern England. Available online OPEN ACCESS DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10973036
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2023. The sheet torus torcs from Britain: an update. Available online. OPEN ACCESS DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10511424
Machling, T., Williamson, R. & Fregni, G. 2023. ‘All the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order’: The riddle of the ‘Pulborough Area’ torc from Sussex. Available online. OPEN ACCESS DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10511405
Machling, T. &Williamson, R. 2023. Blog: ‘Where’s it gone? The curious case of the vanishing torcs…’. CBA ‘A Day in Archaeology’ blog. July 2023 Available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. 2023. Podcast: ‘Same but with a twist’. Tea Break Time Travel with Matilda Siebrecht. Listen here. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2023. Beyond Snettisham: a reassessment of gold alloy torcs from Iron Age Britain and Ireland. Pre-Print available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. 2022. Blog: ‘It’s good to torc’. CBA ‘A Day in Archaeology’ blog. July 2022 Available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. 2022. Pattern and purpose: a new story about the creation of the Snettisham Great torc. Available online. OPEN ACCESS DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10511411
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2021. Rings of truth: New insights into torc technology. British Archaeology. September/October 2021, 42-47. Available to buy here
Machling, T. 2021. Blog: ‘How to survive a pandemic AKA jigsaws, chewed torcs and a teeny piece of gold…’. CBA ‘A Day in Archaeology’ blog. July 2021. Available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2020. Thoughts on the Grotesque torc and the Snettisham (Ken Hill) hoards in the light of new research. Available online. OPEN ACCESS DOI 10.5281/zenodo.4039629
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2020. ‘Investigating the manufacturing technology of later Iron Age torus torcs’. Historical Metallurgy. 52, 2 (for 2018), 83-95. Available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2020. Blog: ‘A day at the (torc) zoo…..’. CBA ‘A Day in Archaeology’ blog. July 2020. Available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2020. Looking at torcs: The B52, first steps. Available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2020. A rediscovered Iron Age torus torc terminal fragment from ‘Near Stowmarket’, Suffolk. Available online. OPEN ACCESS DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10511422
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2019. ‘”Cut and shuts”: The reworking of Iron Age gold torus torcs’, Later Prehistoric Finds Group Newsletter 13 (Summer 2019), 4-7. Available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2019. Blog: ‘Show us your backside!’. CBA ‘A Day in Archaeology’ blog. July 2019. Available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling T & Williamson R. 2019. ‘”Damn clever metal bashers”’: The thoughts and insights of 21st century goldsmiths, silversmiths and jewellers regarding Iron Age gold torus torcs’ in C. Gosden, H. Chittock, C. Nimura & P. Hommel (eds), Art in the Eurasian Iron Age: Context, connections, and scale. (Oxford). Available online. OPEN ACCESS VIA JSTOR
Machling, T; Williamson, R. & Hallam F. 2019. ‘Going round in circles: the relief decoration of Iron Age gold torcs’. PAST: The Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society 93 (Autumn 2019), 3–5. Available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2018. Blog: ‘Did Vikings ‘nick’ the Newark torc…and the West Lindsey and Towton torcs too?’. December 2018. Available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2018. Blog: ‘We were wrong!’. September 2018. Available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2018. Blog: ‘Did Vikings ‘nick’ the Newark torc?’. May 2018. Available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2018. ”Up Close and Personal’: The later Iron Age Torcs from Newark, Nottinghamshire and Netherurd, Peeblesshire’. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 84, 387–403. Available online
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2017. ‘Up close and personal with Iron Age torcs!’, Later Prehistoric Finds Group Newsletter 10 (Winter 2017), 15-18. Available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2017. Blog: ‘Talking torcs…two years on’. CBA ‘A Day in Archaeology’ blog. July 2017.
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2016. ‘The Netherurd torc terminal – insights into torc technology’. PAST: The Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society 84(Autumn 2016), 3–5. Available online. OPEN ACCESS
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2015. Blog: ‘Talking torcs in Newark’. CBA ‘A Day in Archaeology’ blog. July 2015.
Machling, T. & Williamson, R. 2015. ‘Replicating prehistory’. PAST: The Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society 81 (November 2015), 12-13. Available online. OPEN ACCESS
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