Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum, Leeds Phil. + Lit. Society,Presented by W. H. Bartholomew, Esq.,L.V.(War Loss)
Site: England,Yorkshire,Stanley,Stanley Ferry,near Wakefield,Dredged from the River Calder at Smalley Bight.
Discovery context: river,dredged
Parish: Stanley
County: West Yorkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 85
Width (mm): 38
Edge (mm): 53
Thickness (mm): 37
Weight (g): 277
Patina: Green
Associations: Hoard: 1 Winged Celt; 1 looped Palstave; 7 socketed celts
Description: The moulding around the mouth and indeed the whole object is very thick and heavy, ornament consisting of three vertical lines descending from moulding on each face, cutting edge finished for use. No trace of lines of mould on sides, opening in socket rectangular.