by Tess Machling
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 …
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?"
My personal introduction to torcs (apart from the casual wow factor at seeing them in the flesh, albeit behind glass at the British Museum) started in 2005 with an enquiry by Norwich Castle Museum, and its curator Tim Pestell. They were due to have an exhibition of a number of new and wonderful detectorist finds …
The Big Book of Torcs 