Object: Socketed Celt
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Mr. Lemmon, Saltwood
Site: England,Kent,Saltwood,Hayne Wood, on line of railway cutting, 6 ft below surface, lying on stratum of sand, c. 25 yars NW by N of summit of hill. Found June 4, 1872.
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Saltwood
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid reference: Kent LXXXIV NE
Year of discovery: 1872
Length (mm): 33
Width (mm): 40
Thickness (mm): 13
Weight (g): 41
Patina: Thin green patina
Surface: Smooth.
Associations: Part of large hoard; see card for first socketed celt.
Description: Cutting edge end of blade. Edge fairly sharp, remains of wood in socket. No ribs on blade.
Publications: Arch. Journ. XXX, 279,Jessup, Arch of Kent, 107,Evans,Journ. Anhtop. Inst. III, 230.