Object: Winged Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum,4524.23,presd. by H.J. Cunnington 1923
Site: England,Essex,Rayne,1843
Parish: Rayne
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1843
Length (mm): 74
Width (mm): at loop 30,middle 25,butt 20.5
Thickness (mm): 21. 11. 30.
Weight (g): 142.63
Patina: medium olive green
Surface: smooth, partly covered with clay. Slight encrustment at E.
Associations: One of a bronze founder's hoard of 2 palstaves, 2 winged celts, 9 socketed celts & a gouge. The find originally comprised 18 pieces & included fragments of spearheads.
Description: The wings are broken away on one side
Publications: Gentleman's Magazine 1844 Vol i p.299