Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge,No. 136 Murray Collection
Site: Ireland,Kings Co.,Edenderry
Parish: Edenderry
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 108
Width (mm): socket 42
Edge (mm): 60
Thickness (mm): socket 42.5
Weight (g): 335
Patina: A very little black patina & bright metal.
Surface: Smooth
Description: Square socket. Heavy double moulding round base, from which spring 3 vertical ribs which end in a circle & pellett decoration. Cast marks are very sharp.