Torc
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A torc, also spelled torq or torque, is a large rigid or stiff neck ring in metal, made either as a single piece or from strands twisted together. The great majority are open at the front, although so
Bronze 4th-century BC buffer-type torc from France
The Dying Gaul, a Roman statue with a torc in the Capitoline Museums in Rome
Unusually complex helical gold ribbon torc from the Stirling Hoard, Scotland
Two uncleaned Bronze Age twisted bar torcs with flared cylinder terminals, as often found folded up, with bracelets, England
Glauberg
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The Glauberg is a Celtic hillfort or oppidum in Hesse, Germany consisting of a fortified settlement and several burial mounds, "a princely seat of the late Hallstatt and early La Tène periods."
The Glauberg seen from the southeast
Gold Celtic torc found in the larger tumulus at Glauberg, 400 BC
La Tène period sword and ornaments, Glauberg museum
Digital imaging of the Glauberg topography.