Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 80.11-24.4,Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. (Henry Medland, Melbourne, Royston,24/11/1880
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Meldreth,Founder's Hoard,All found together by a workman in Nov. 1880 near Meldreth Station, Royston, Cambs. Stated to be the whole of the find.
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Meldreth
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Grid reference: TL 37 46
Year of discovery: 1880
Length (mm): 96
Width (mm): 56
Thickness (mm): 4
Weight (g): 277
Patina: Brown and green
Surface: Corroded
Associations: 1-53; 17 socketed celts; 5 Fragments Socketed Celts; 2 Fragments Winged Celts?; 1 Chisel; 1 Gouge; 1 Spearhead; 2 Fragments; 6 Pieces of swords; 1 Knife or razor; 2 Pieces edge of vessel; 1 Rough pieces from casting; 15 copper cakes; 9 Fragments various
Description: Two ribs
Remarks: Inacc,CI