Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum, deposited by W.C. Wells Esq. 1911. (2362.11)
Site: England, Essex, Grays Thurrock
Parish: Grays
District: Thurrock
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 101
Width (mm): edge 46
Thickness (mm): socket (at loop) 36
Weight (g): 227.78
Patina: polished dark green patina on one side. The other side is a little rougher
Surface: a little rough in places. Golden bronze shows in places.
Associations: One of a bronze Founder's Hoard.
Description: On the side not shown in sketch. the socket is broken away nearly to the level of the decoration. A good deal of sand remains in socket.