Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum,(151.94),presented to Essex Arch. Soc. by Lord Rookwood, 1894.,(Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. VI. 172)
Site: England,Essex,Hatfield Broad Oak
Parish: Hatfield Broad Oak
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 88
Width (mm): edge 41.5 socket 36.5
Thickness (mm): socket 34
Weight (g): 173.64
Patina: polished olive green
Surface: smooth. A blue, rough, encrustment in socket & a few specks on the outside.
Associations: One of a Bronze Founder's Hoard of 16 Socketed Celts & 20 Lumps of Rough Metal also 14 pieces of socketed celts & 14 small pieces of an earthenware pot, 4 pieces of Rim of Burial Urn, a pair of Burial Urn Handles, 3 Spearheads, 1 Chape & part of a Socketed Tool.
Description: Cast marks are prominent
Publications: Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. vi.172