Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Folkestone Museum
Site: England,Kent,Saltwood,Hayne Wood, on line of railway cutting, 6 ft. below surface, lying on stratum of sand, c. 25 yards NE by N of summit of hill. Found June 4, 1872.
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Saltwood
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid reference: Kent LXXIV NE
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 75
Width (mm): 44
Thickness (mm): 38
Weight (g): 135
Patina: Greena and brown patina, with rather tinny look on surface.
Surface: Surface smooth, other slightly encrusted.
Other: Length: 74.5mm
Associations: Part of a large hoard; see card for first socketed celt.
Description: Cutting edge much worn a quite blunt; three projecting ribs on each face; prominent mould marks along each side; butt end of socket slightly broken.
Publications: Arch. Journ. XXX 279,Evans,Archaeology of Kent (Jessup), 107,Journ. Anthrop. Inst. III, 230.