Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Shrewsbury Museum,Geological Record Case No. 1,Not in donation books, possibly Parry Collection 1878
Site: Wales,Clwyd,near Llangollen
Parish: Llangollen
Country: Wales
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 79
Width (mm): 43
Edge (mm): 55
Thickness (mm): 38
Patina: Black. Traces of golden bronze.
Description: Very good condition. Edge re-hammered, sharp, secondary edge well defined. Reverse is punch marked (not ornament) dotted below central rib. Cast marks. Within socket are 2 ribs 48mm long.
Remarks: Label: "Celt found near Llangollen" (The rest - one line is illegible" it may have been "1855" or "4ft", perhaps followed by a tiny signature)