Object: Socketed celt
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: The Priory, Prittlewell (Southend on Sea),276/21,22
Site: England,Essex,Leigh,Fleming Avenue,Prittle Brook,29.1.26,(found by workmen)
Parish: Leigh-on-sea
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1926
Length (mm): 47
Width (mm): 38
Thickness (mm): 16
Weight (g): 50
Patina: A) Dark golden bronze. No patina. Encrusted on both sides. Some blue encrustment on other side. B) Smooth, except for encrustment. Dark golden bronze. Very slight blue green patina at one edge.
Associations: A bronze founder's hoard.
Description: Dimensions: Length: A) 47mm; B) 41.5mm,Width: A) 37.5mm; B) 44mm,Thickness: A) 15.5mm; B) 13mm,Weight: A) 49.61 gms; B) 81.5 gms