Object: Socketed Celt
Completeness: Broken
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Guildford Museum (1928)
Site: England,Greater London (Surrey),Coulsdon,In a small wood, alt 400 ft. for O.D.,Across the road from Coulsdon Court.,Found by workmen digging flints for road metal 3 1/2-4 ft. below surface,7th Jan 1928
Discovery context: woodland
Parish: Coulsden
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1928
Length (mm): 82
Width (mm): 42
Edge (mm): 57
Weight (g): 187
Patina: Blue-green patina; much clay adhering.
Other: Weight: 6 5/8 oz. = 187.11 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard consisting of 2 brokena nd 4 complete socketed celts, 2 parts of winged celts and 1 gouge, also 20 fragments of a cake of metal weighing 17 lbs. 6 oz.
Description: Socket end broken off; badly crushed. Edge dented.