Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology + Ethnology, Cambridge,Foster Bequest No. 48 (No. 51 is correct in Catalogue),Prehistoric Bronzes No. 101 (Catalogue is lost.),Borlase Collection
Site: England,Cornwall,St. Just-in-Penwith,Kenidjack Cliff Castle
Parish: St. Just-in-penwith
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 113
Width (mm): 52
Edge (mm): 53
Thickness (mm): 43
Weight (g): 393
Patina: Dark brown, speckled with turquoise blue corroded pits.
Surface: Uneven
Composition: Bronze
Other: Length: 112.5mm
Associations: Hoard
Description: Rectangular mouth, base surrounded by a cornice like moulding on which is marked a bead; 3 ribs converge on each face, starting from the cornice; the pattern is smaller on one face than on the other. the seam of casting is worked into a sharp ridge on either side. Loop is injured and stands on two horizontal ridges.