Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Newcastle-upon-Tyne,Black gate No. 107
Site: England,Northumberland,Haltwhistle,Near Unthank Hall,Exact locality unknown.
Parish: Haltwhistle
County: Northumberland
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 80
Width (mm): 38
Edge (mm): 43
Thickness (mm): 36
Weight (g): 184
Patina: Brown, yellow stains, edge bronze (sharpening).
Surface: Smooth
Associations: Presented with two other socketed axe-heads, said to be from the same site, and with which is probably formed a small hoard.
Publications: Proc. Soc. Ant. N/C, ser. 4, Vol, IV, p. 30 (with photograph)
Remarks: Edge split by heavy sharpening and grinding in modern times.