Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge,41.154.28 (on implement)
Site: Ireland,Co. Donegal,Castlefinn
Parish: Castlefinn
County: County Donegal
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 56
Width (mm): socket 35.5
Edge (mm): 43
Thickness (mm): socket 30
Weight (g): 111
Patina: Grey-brown patina.
Surface: Smooth + dull.
Description: Ornamented with screw-like pattern around the socket. 5-6 ridges with grooves between. Square evenly finished sides. Sharp cutting edge. Loop is also square in section.
Publications: No. 41, Foster Bequest Catalogue,No. 78 Prehistoric Bronzes - catalogue is lost