Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology + Ethnology, Cambridge,Foster Bequest No. 42 (No. 44 is correct in Cat.),Prehistoric Bronzes No. 87 (Cat. is lost)
Site: England,Suffolk,Lakenheath
Parish: Lakenheath
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 85
Width (mm): 36
Edge (mm): 42
Thickness (mm): 38
Weight (g): 175
Patina: Dark green. Some brown and dust colour.
Surface: Smooth and fairly shiny.
Description: Round mouth, square socket. Base encircled by a projecting rim and a bead above it from which springs a loop. There is a small hole due to a bubble in the casting, through the rim.