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): 70
Width (mm): 39
Thickness (mm): 42
Weight (g): 184
Patina: Dull bronze colour spotted with green: some mud adhering.
Other: Weight: 6 1/2 oz. = 184.27 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard of 9 pieces, consisting of 6 socketed celts (2 broken), 2 fragments of winged celts, also 20 parts of a metal cake weighing 17 lbs 6 oz (?+ 1 gouge).
Description: About 1/3 broken off, edge part