Gold Torc
1,300 – 1,000 BC
This extremely fine object of gold was found in 1990 in a hole cut into the silting of the ditch of a Bronze Age burial mound at Monkton Deverill, Wiltshire. The torc was declared Treasure Trove in 1993.

Bought by the Museum with financial assistance from the MGC/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, The National Art Collections Fund, Salisbury District Council, the Goldsmiths Company, the L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation of America, numerous trusts, members and private individuals.

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