One of the most exciting finds ever made in Boyton was this gold flanged torc. It was found in 1835 by a villager in a loam pit 10 feet beneath the surface near the rectory. There were two little gold rings attached to it and the torc was broken in getting them off. It weighs 2oz 4 dwts and is 5 inches in diameter. It is one of the treasures of the British Museum (ref 1846.6.22).
It was made somewhere in East Anglia early in the middle Bronze Age - about 1600 BC and the rings attached to it were perhaps an early form of money. They are more frequently found in eastern France and it may be that as early as this there were maritime links between the two areas. Certainly its owner will have been a chieftain or person of importance.
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