Late Bronze Age ribbon torc from west of Little Chesterford (EHER 4797)

A watching brief recovered two pieces of a twisted bronze ribbon torc, one end rolled and the other bent over to form a catch plate.

March 1979. Watching brief. Two pieces of a twisted bronze ribbon torc, one end rolled and the other bent over to form a catch plate. Common in around 1100 BC, though the type continues later, often in a more solid form. Other groups have been found at Littlebury, Elmdon and Ickleton-Great Chesterford. Found during watching brief by the Great Chesterford Archaeology Group during the recutting of a drainage roadside ditch on the western edge of the A11 at Little Chesterford, Essex in March 1979. <1> <2> Site Assessment: In 1979 the GCAG hoped to carry out field walking here. <1> Note: The precise location of the findspot does not seem to have been recorded in <1>.