Snettisham Torcs

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Iron Age hoard archaeological find collection of torcs

Snettisham Torcs are a famous hoard of Iron Age gold, silver, and copper-alloy neck rings discovered near Snettisham in Norfolk, England, and associated with the ancient Iceni tribe.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Snettisham Great Torc 2
Great Torc from Snettisham 1
Snettisham Torcs canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age hoard ⓘ
archaeological find ⓘ
collection of torcs ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture La Tène culture ⓘ
associatedWith Celtic tribes in Britain ⓘ
Iceni ⓘ
burialType hoard deposition ⓘ
category prehistoric jewellery ⓘ
treasure find ⓘ
chronology pre-Roman Britain ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culture ancient Britain ⓘ
surface form: Iron Age Britain
currentLocation British Museum ⓘ
dateRange c. 100 BC – 50 BC ⓘ
discoveredIn 1950s ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
discoveryMethod archaeological excavation ⓘ
metal detecting ⓘ
exhibitedAt British Museum ⓘ
surface form: British Museum, London
foundBy archaeologists ⓘ
metal detectorists ⓘ
foundIn England ⓘ
Norfolk ⓘ
Snettisham ⓘ
foundInWater false ⓘ
hasPart neck ring ⓘ
torc ⓘ
languageOfCulture Celtic ⓘ
locatedIn Snettisham ⓘ
surface form: Snettisham, Norfolk, England
madeBy Celtic goldsmiths ⓘ
material copper alloy ⓘ
gold ⓘ
silver ⓘ
near The Wash ⓘ
partOf Snettisham Hoard ⓘ
period Late Iron Age ⓘ
region East Anglia ⓘ
relatedTo Snettisham Torcs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Snettisham Great Torc

Snettisham Hoard ⓘ
significance evidence for wealth of Iceni elite ⓘ
major example of Iron Age metalwork in Britain ⓘ
style Celtic art ⓘ
technique casting ⓘ
soldering ⓘ
twisted bar construction ⓘ
use personal ornament ⓘ
ritual object ⓘ
status symbol ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Snettisham → hasArchaeologicalSite → Snettisham Torcs ⓘ
Celtic art → hasNotableExample → Snettisham Torcs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Snettisham torc hoard
Snettisham Hoard → hasPart → Snettisham Torcs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Torc from Snettisham
Snettisham Hoard → relatedWork → Snettisham Torcs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Snettisham Great Torc
Snettisham Torcs → relatedTo → Snettisham Torcs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Snettisham Great Torc