Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Maidstone Museum,Bought from Mr. W. C. Wells, Sudbury, Harrow (1917)
Site: England,Kent,Whitstable,Brought up by oyster dredgers nearly a mile from shore.
Discovery context: marine
Parish: Whitstable
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 95
Width (mm): 36
Edge (mm): 40
Thickness (mm): 38
Weight (g): 191
Patina: Rusty brown patina
Other: Weight: 191.35 gms
Associations: Found with two others
Description: On the inside there is a seam down centre of face; on the outside down sides, past loop as usual. A little light coloured earth adheres, especially inside socket.
Remarks: In a letter, dated 24.vi.16, Mr. Wells says "I have in my collection 3 bronze socketed axes, which were found at Whitstable. They were brought up by oyster dredgers nearly a mile from shore. I understand that the oyster dredgers know the exact spot where they are found, and look out for specimens."