Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1923,Lady Stanier, The Citadel (no. 4),Preston Brockhurst, Salop.,Purchase by the late Sir Beville Stanier from 2nd + 3rd Viscounts Hill.
Site: England,Shropshire,Weston,Found in ruins of Red Castle, Hawkstone
Discovery context: excavated
Parish: Weston-under-red
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 100
Width (mm): 38
Edge (mm): 50
Thickness (mm): 33
Weight (g): 276
Patina: Rough patina black and brown, with dull golden bronze showing.
Surface: Worn decoration indistinct.
Other: Weight: 276.41 gms
Associations: Found with 3 palstaves, 3 socketed celts, 1 spearhead, 4 Roman Coins, a tongue-shaped object of bronze; a bronze needle; numerous pins and small objects; and several mediaeval items.