Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 80-11-24-3,Presented by A.W. Franks Esq.; (Henry Medland, Melbourn, Royston); 24/11/1880
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Meldreth,Founder’s hoard. All found together by a workman in Nov 1880 near Meldreth Station, Royston, Cambs. Stated to be the whole of the find.
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Meldreth
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1880
Length (mm): 105
Width (mm): 74
Thickness (mm): 40
Weight (g): 263
Patina: metallic bronze and dark green
Surface: Very slightly corroded on one side
Other: Top left corner says “TL 37” and on the next line, “46” (aligned under the “37”). I'm not sure if this is a grid ref. Number in top right - the "II" is a Roman numeral. Bottom left of card says ”inacc.” Bottom right of card says “CI” or “C1”. In Associations, I assumed 5 fragments " must mean 5 Fragments Socketed Celts (as opposed to 5 fragments generic Celts) as the next line is specific about Winged Celts.
Associations: 1-53: 17 Socketed Celts; 5 Fragments Socketed Celts; 2 Fragments Winged Celts?; 1 Chisel?; 1 Gouge; 1 Spearhead; 2 Fragments Spearhead; 6 Pieces of swords; 1 Knife or razor; 2 Pieces edge of vessel; 1 rough piece from casting; 15 Copper cakes; 9 Fragments various,see transcriber comment
Description: Three ribs. Containing part of edge ? of another celt.