Object: Hammer-Flanged Celt
Classification: Flanged
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: In the possession of a working man (a slater) at Trefriw (1927),(Borrowed for dwg. by H. Higgins)
Site: wales,gwenedd,trefriw,in the cafnant stream by the fairy falls,1926
Country: Wales
Year of discovery: 1926
Length (mm): 219
Width (mm): 45
Edge (mm): 89
Thickness (mm): 11
Weight (g): 645
Patina: Yellowy, muddy green, the sides are darker or medium green.
Surface: Heavily pocked all over.
Other: Width: edge 89mm; middle 46.5mm; butt 32mm,Thickness: nearly 11mm; 11.25mm; 12.5mm,Weight (approx.): 644.96 gms
Description: Filed and bent up at A, where gilt bronze shows. Edge is corroded at B + chipped at C. The other marks round about edge (Right hand side), denote warty encrusted places. Butt has been sharp + is now chipped. Burred over + filed at D. Facets on the sides are not clearly defined, this is chiefly due to corrosion.
Publications: Man (R.A.I.)