Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Jan. 1936,Belongs to a workman, and is now lent to Mr. W. E. Bagley, 2B Allison Road, Hornsey. It will be offered to London Museum.
Site: England,Greater London,Finsbury Park,Found at the Manor House in preparing site of Underground Railway station at a depth greather than 20 ft in gravel, about 1930
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Manor House
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1930
Length (mm): 99
Width (mm): 38
Edge (mm): 58
Surface: Rough and pitted, especially round mouth of socket and towards cutting edge.
Other: Length: 3.9" = 99.06mm,Width: 2.3" at edge = 58.42mm; 1.5" at socket = 38.1mm
Description: 6 ridges on face, arranged in three groups of two. Lateral mouldmark clearly visible.