Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of the Societe Jersiaise,St. Heliers, Jersey
Site: Channel Islands,Jersey,St. Laurence Valley,near Mainlands,In an orchard called "Les Grandes Fosses" about 3 feet deep, while planting an apple tree.,23.xi.1871
Parish: St. Laurence Valley
County: Jersey
Country: Channel Islands
Year of discovery: 1871
Length (mm): 84
Width (mm): 34
Edge (mm): 45
Thickness (mm): 16
Weight (g): 99
Surface: Much corroded towards the edge
Associations: The find consisted of 72 pieces of metal mixed up in a heap.
Description: Socket top crushed and broken.
Publications: See Bulletin 1917, Societe Jersiaise, pp. 390/1, Vol. VIII