Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: (Wandsworth . Wimbledon & Epsom,  District Gas Co.,  July 1923), British Museum.  1928.  1-20.2
Site: GREAT LONDON, Wandsworth,  Gas Works, works of the W. W. & E. D. Gas Co. 150 yds south of Thames, formerly known as Church Walk & Warple Road, 6 feet from present. 2 feet from original surface., 11 April 1923,
Discovery context: river
County: Greater London
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ   25  74
Year of discovery: 1923
Length (mm): 104
Width (mm): socket 43
Edge (mm): edge 45
Thickness (mm): socket 40.5
Weight (g): 236.25
Patina: thin light green
Surface: slightly rough. patches of green encrustment at intervals & encrusted soil
Other: 6-part, hand-drawn illustration with dimensions.  3 of the parts appear to have been added later, in a different style and on white-out labels., First 3  lines of SITE information written in different ink and handwriting on top of white-out label..
Associations: founder's hoard of 8 socketed celts. 1 gouge. & 8 cakes of metal
Description: 2 mid ribs inside socket,  decoration below socket is not pronounces.
Remarks: LOWER LEFT CORNER, Rather inacc., LOWER RIGHT CORNER:, C 1  [in pencil]