Torque (torc) Viking silver torque from Cumbria
Object number
LDSAL366.1
Production date
10th century
Production place
Cumbria
Material
silver
Dimensions
diameter: 147mm
Location
Burlington House -
References
Reference (free text)
David Gaimster, Sarah McCarthy, and Bernard Nurse, eds., Making History, Antiquaries in Britain, 1707-2007 (London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2007), p. 118, no. 81.Illustration, p. 118.
Silver Viking torc (torque) from 10th century found with penannular brooch at Orton Scar, Westmorland, 1847.
This silver torc was found with a penannular brooch in a crevice of limestone rock at Orton Scar, 1847, by a labourer while quarrying gate-posts. Mystery remains over their deposition. Were they worn as ornaments or carried as portable bullion?