A collar found in Lochar Moss, Dumfriesshire, is now in the British Museum.[1469] About one-third of it is formed by a solid piece of bronze of flat section, having the face ornamented with a peculiar wavy pattern and the outer rim with cabled lines. The rest consists of fluted melon-like beads with pulley-shaped collars between them. They appear to have been strung on an iron wire.
A portion of another collar found at Perdeswell,[1470] Claines, near Worcester, has the iron wire still preserved. The ornamental beads are flatter, with leaf-shaped projections upon them, and between them are smaller pulley-like beads.
Another, formed in much the same fashion as that from Lochar Moss, was found at Mow-road, Rochdale, Lancashire.[1471] This was in halves, dowelled together with iron pins.
Another, entirely of bronze, is made in two pieces, one part resembling a row of beads, the other engraved like a closely plaited cord, and was found at Embsay, near Skipton, Yorkshire.[1472]
A torque, weighing no less than 3 lbs. 10 ozs. avoirdupois, was found in the parish of Wraxall, Somerset.[1473] This also is in halves, with pins to form the joint. It is described as appearing to have been adorned with precious stones. Possibly, like some other objects of Late Celtic manufacture, it may have been inlaid with enamel of different colours.
Bracelets of the same type as the torque and bracelet shown in Fig. 471 have not unfrequently been found in Britain, though, perhaps, they are less common in bronze than in the more precious metal, gold.
They are sometimes slightly hollowed at the expanding ends. One found with the hoard at Marden, Kent,[1474] is of this kind. Another plain penannular bracelet tapers off at the ends instead of expanding. This latter is too small for an adult person.
One found, with various other bronze relics, at Ty Mawr, on Holyhead Mountain,[1475] expands at one end and tapers at the other. As is often the case, the inner side of the ring is flatter than the outer.
One, 2⅜ inches by 2 inches inside, expanding at each end, was in the Heathery Burn Cave hoard. Some others were also found there.
In some instances the section of the metal, instead of being rounded, is nearly square. Two such, tapering towards the ends, were found in Dorsetshire,[1476] with the torques already mentioned, and are now in the British Museum.