Stirling torcs: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Artefact|name=Stirling Torcs|image=Intricate Gold Torc (6933587106).jpg|image_caption=One of the intricate [[torcstorc]]s|material=[[Gold]]|period=c.300-100 BC|discovered=28 September 2009|place=[[Blair Drummond]], [[StirlingshirePerthshire]], [[Scotland]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/scottish-history-and-archaeology/iron-age-gold-torcs |title=Iron Age gold torcs |publisher=National Museum of Scotland |accessdate=2024-03-18}}</ref>|location=[[National Museum of Scotland]]}}

[[File:Stirling HoardDSCF6395.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A set of four [[torc]]s discovered in StirlingshirePerthshire, Scotland in 2009.]]

The '''Stirling torcs'''<ref>{{cite news | title = Iron Age gold find saved for the nation | newspaper = [[The Scotsman]] | author = Claire Smith | url = http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Iron-Age-gold-find-saved.6737518.jp | accessdate = 2011-03-27 | location=Edinburgh | date=2011-03-02}}</ref> make up a [[hoard]] of four gold [[Iron Age]] [[torc]]s, 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]], [[Stirling (council area)|StirlingshirePerthshire]], [[Scotland]] on 28 September 2009.<ref name="bbc-2011-09-02">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-14761114 |title=BBC News - Scottish treasure trove revealed |publisher=bbc.co.uk |date=2011-09-02 |accessdate=2012-03-30}}</ref><ref name="Garrett">{{cite web|last1=Booth|first1=David|last2=Hunte|first2=Fraser|title=Stirling Hoard: Re-writing Scottish history|url=http://www.garrettnewzealand.co.nz/product_images/pdfs/booth_torcs_leaflet2.pdf|publisher=Garrett New Zealand|accessdate=17 September 2016}}</ref> The hoard has been described as the most significant discovery of Iron Age metalwork in Scotland and is said to be of international significance.<ref name=Times>{{cite news

| date=2009-11-05}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The torcs were valued at £462,000, and after a public appeal were acquired for the [[National Museums of Scotland]] in March 2011.

Booth took the torcs home and washed them in water. After researching them on the internet, he completed a form on the Scottish Treasure Trove website and sent a photograph to the Scottish Treasure Trove Unit at the [[National Museum of Scotland]] in Edinburgh.<ref name=Telegraph/> Dr Fraser Hunter said he "almost fell off [his] seat" when he first saw photographs of the discovery the next morning, and members of staff had arrived at the site within three hours.<ref>{{Cite webnews|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/nov/04/metal-detectorist-finds-gold-treasure|title=Metal detectorist on first trip finds iron-age treasure|newspaper=The Guardian |date=4 November 2009 |last1=Siddique |first1=Haroon }}</ref> The subsequent archaeological excavation at the site exposed the remains of a wooden roundhouse but found no more artefacts.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

*[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6903772.ece "Treasure hunt novice struck £1m gold on first outing" The Times]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100106120938/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6901879.ece "£1m golden hoard rewrites history of ancient Scotland" The Times]