Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum,Lent by W. C. Wells, Esq. (2362.11)
Site: England,Essex,Grays Thurrock
Parish: Grays
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 101
Width (mm): 41
Edge (mm): 50
Thickness (mm): 38
Weight (g): 273
Patina: Partly polished buish green patina and a light green near the edge.
Surface: Smooth on the side shown in sketch and on the other side a slight encrustment over the patina. Traces of sand inside socket.
Other: Width: edge 50mm; socket 40.5mm,Weight: 272.87 gms
Associations: One of a Bronze Founder's Hoard.
Description: Splendidly preserved.