Object: Torc
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Stech, Nubhaherstrasse 20,W1000, Berlin 27, Germany,(Sold at Sothebys, 21 Oct. 1994, Lot 45)
Site: England,Suffolk,Mildenhall,Kenny Hill,Small Drove,Alt. Site. 'Norfolk',Found about 1977 by Mr. Percy Cole of Shippea Hill, hanging from his plough share-beam while removing vegetation accumulated during the ploughing of a small plot of land at Snare Drive (a),When it appeared at Sothebys Sale it was provenanced instead to Norfolk.
Discovery context: auction
Parish: Mildenhall
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Grid reference: TL 64 80
Year of discovery: 1977
Width (mm): 215
Thickness (mm): 5
Weight (g): 207
Surface: Mostly rubbed dark brown/gold flecked surface; grooves filled with very pale green/white powdery material - ? corr. products or calcareous?
Description: Dimensions: max. d. 215mm; max. T 8.3; T terminals 5mm; T terminal adj. to twisting 6.5; Wt. 207.3 g,Typology: terminals close to round section, ends flat; cables all flat or round crested (no apices); quad-lobate section; twists fairly regular; 164 coils.,Manufacture: ? torsion-twisted wax model,Condition: v. localised modern damage; very slight buckling, terminals now misaligned.
Publications: a) C. Pendleton, 1986, "A bronze torc from Kenny Hill", Proc. Suffolk Inst. Arch. & History, 36 (pt 2), 135-7.
Remarks: PRBAF: Export Applications File,Rec.: SN Dec. 94,Source: Sb. A.,Sub. Inf. via Sotheby's (Export Licence)