Object: Casting waste
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1924,H. Mothersole Esq.,Warren House, Roxwell Road, Chelmsford
Site: England,Essex,Little Baddow
Parish: Little Baddow
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 85
Width (mm): 59
Thickness (mm): 53
Weight (g): 625.91
Patina: Rough patina medium green.
Surface: Clay or earth adheres nearly all over.
Associations: Found at Little Baddow - Rough Metal (2 pieces), sickle, 7 socketed celts, and a palstave.
Description: This appears to be copper or largely so. Dark red metal shows. A channel seems to have been cut partly through, the dotted line indicates its course. If this channel was not cut, it may be where two cakes of metal joined.
Publications: Trans. Essex Field Club, Vol. II, p. 31,Essex Naturalist, Vol. XVI, p. 246.