Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Saffron Walden Museum, 1904-99,Given by Edward Taylor
Site: England,Essex,Arkesden,near Chardwell Farm,While land-draining, 1872.
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Arkesden
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1872
Length (mm): 88
Width (mm): 32
Edge (mm): 45
Thickness (mm): 34
Weight (g): 171
Surface: Somwhat scaled in places.
Other: Weight: 170.74 gms,Association: Part of hoard?
Description: Casting rib almost untouched. Edge badly notched, one corner gone.
Publications: Trans. Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1873, Illustrations.