Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: G.B. Henderson (March 1937),Upp. Hall, Braughing, Herts.
Site: England,Hertfordshire,Braughing,found by itself in the plantation of Warren Wood, near Braughing. March 1937
Parish: Braughing
County: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Grid reference: 6" O.S. Herts XXII, N.W.
Year of discovery: 1937
Length (mm): 92
Width (mm): 40
Edge (mm): 45
Thickness (mm): 38
Weight (g): 212
Patina: Large patches of dark brown, below which is a green-brown patina.
Surface: Fairly smooth
Description: Plain socketed celt; no ribs on blade, mould marks filed down; cutting edge blunt and chipped. Mouth of socket irregular.