Rare 3,000-year-old golden torc unveiled to the public in Belfast

A rare 3,000-year-old piece of gold jewellery unearthed in bogland by an amateur treasure hunter has been unveiled to the public at its new home — the Ulster Museum in Belfast.

The golden torc was dug up in Co Fermanagh four years ago by a local man who at first thought it was a spring from a car engine.

It was another two years before Ronnie Johnston figured it was rather more significant after noticing something similar in a treasure hunters’ magazine.