Stirling Torcs | |
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Material | Gold |
Period/culture | c.300-100 BC |
Discovered | 28 September 2009 |
Place | Blair Drummond, Perthshire, Scotland[1] |
Present location | National Museum of Scotland |
56°10′16″N 4°02′52″W / 56.17105°N 4.047779°W
The Stirling torcs[2] make up a hoard of four gold Iron Age torcs, a type of necklace, all of which date to between 300 and 100 BC and which were buried deliberately at some point in antiquity. They were found by a metal detectorist in a field near Blair Drummond, Perthshire, Scotland on 28 September 2009.[3][4] The hoard has been described as the most significant discovery of Iron Age metalwork in Scotland and is said to be of international significance.[5] The torcs were valued at £462,000, and after a public appeal were acquired for the National Museums of Scotland in March 2011.