Fig. 468.—West Buckland. ⅓
In the collection of the Rev. E. Duke, of Lake House, near Salisbury, are two fine torques of this kind, one large and heavy, and the other smaller and more slender, which were found near Amesbury. With them were several spiral rings closely resembling Fig. 489.
Two others found with armillæ in Dorsetshire[1461] are now in the British Museum. The larger of these is closely twisted, and about 7½ inches in diameter. The smaller is thicker, and shows a coarser twist, and is about 6⅜ inches in diameter. The armillæ are penannular and of rhomboidal section.
Two small torques, some bronze rings or bracelets, and a palstave are recorded to have been dug up in Woolmer Forest, Hants.[1462] Two spiral rings were found with them.
In the collection of Mr. Durden, at Blandford, are several specimens found at Spetisbury, Dorset.[1463]
I have a thin torque about 6¼ inches in diameter, but unfortunately broken, found in Burwell Fen, Cambridgeshire.
Fig. 469.—Wedmore. ½
In some instances the plain ends of the torque are left without hooks. Such is the case with the fine collar found, with four looped armlets and a palstave without loop, at Hollingbury Hill,[1464] near Brighton, which is now in the British Museum. On each extremity was a spiral ring of bronze, considerably larger than the rod forming the torque, and a third ring is shown in the published drawing. The palstave, which is broken in the middle, apparently on purpose, lay within the circle of the torque, which also was broken across the middle. At regular intervals round it lay the four bracelets, which resemble Fig. 482, and vary somewhat in weight.