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): 83.5
Width (mm): edge 32, socket 31
Thickness (mm): socket 30
Weight (g): 152.38
Patina: light green - dull.
Surface: smooth.
Associations: One of a Bronze Founder's Hoard of 16 Socketed Celts & 20 Lumps of Rough Metal.,also 14 pieces of socketed celts & 14 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: The blade is solid from edge to dotted line.,Well preserved. Earth in socket.
Publications: Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. VI. 172.