Object: Flanged Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 69.12-20.3,Given by the Duke of Bedford, 1869.
Site: England,Devonshire,Plymstock,about a mile east of Preston, beneath a flat stone at a depth of two feet.
Parish: Plymstock
County: Devon
Country: England
Grid reference: SX 51 53
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 133
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 71
Thickness (mm): 10
Weight (g): 274
Surface: Bright metal, with green corrosive spots and thick corrosion on one side of edge.
Other: Width: edge 71mm; butt 23mm,Thickness: 10mm; 19mm,Weight: 273.55 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard consisting of 16 flanged celts, 3 daggers and a spearhead and chisel.
Description: Sides showing 3 facets. Perfect specimen.
Publications: Evans, J., Ancient bronze implements, 50, 51, 165, 241, 259, 464.,Arch. Journ. XXVI, 346, Where the scale given is erroneous.
Remarks: CI