Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Mr. Lemmon, Saltwood
Site: England,Kent,Saltwood,Hayne Wood, on line of railway cutting, 6 ft. below surface, lying on stratum of sand, c. 25 yards NE by N of summit of hill. Found June 4, 1872
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Saltwood
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid reference: Kent LXXIV NE
Year of discovery: 1872
Length (mm): 81
Edge (mm): 48
Thickness (mm): 31
Patina: green and brown.
Surface: Smooth, but slightly rough on the loop side
Associations: Part of a large hoard; see card for first socketed celt.
Description: Cutting edge chipped and blunt; faces quite plain and without ribs; much of socket partly chipped; inside of socket shows a rib going down the centre of one face, and has traces of wood.
Publications: Arch. Journ. XXX, 279,Jessup, Arch of Kent, 107,Evans,Journ. Anhtop. Inst. III, 230.