Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum, No. 2201.11
Site: England,Essex,Barking Creek
Parish: Barking
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 109
Width (mm): 39
Edge (mm): 39
Thickness (mm): 38
Weight (g): 360
Patina: Polished patina of light olive green and golden bronze shows where patina is chipped off. A good deal of patina is chipped off round socket.
Surface: Smooth - corroded round the socket. This is bluish colour.
Other: Width: edge 39mm; socket 38.5mm,Thickness: socket 37.5mm,Weight: 359.68 gms
Description: The socket is full of metal fragments and corroded soil. A raised boss beneath socket on each side.