Object: SOCKETED CHISEL OR TRACER
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 80-11-24-25,Presented by A.W. Franks Esq.; (Henry Medland, Melbourn, 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.
Parish: Meldreth
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1880
Length (mm): 93
Width (mm): 16
Thickness (mm): 17
Weight (g): 45
Patina: metallic brown & green
Surface: slightly corroded
Other: Item: The "or punch" may not be meant to have been left there - a label has been stuck over the original title, and "or punch" might just not have been covered by it, rather than being a later addition. There is an "A" in the right-hand column, below Collection and above Thickness;Weight. Associations: Best check my interpretation of dittos. Bottom left of card says ”inacc.”. Bottom right of card says “CI” or “C1”. Written on diagram :"N.B. Socket end"
Associations: 1-53: 17 Socketed Celts; 5 Fragments Socketed Celts; 2 Fragments Winged Celts?; 1 Chisel?; 1 Gouge; 1 Spearhead; 2 Fragments Spearhead; 6 Pieces of swords; 1 Knife or razor; 2 Pieces edge of vessel; 1 rough piece from casting; 15 Copper cakes; 9 Fragments, various
Description: A circular socket and flattened point