Object: Looped Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 92.9-1.316
Site: England,Dorset,Compton Abbas near 36 Shaftenbury
Parish: Compton Abbas
County: Dorset
Country: England
Grid reference: ST 86 18
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 119
Width (mm): 49
Edge (mm): 52
Thickness (mm): 41
Weight (g): 356
Patina: Green
Surface: Rough in places.
Composition: Bronze
Associations: Found with skeleton and 2 silver British coins.
Description: 3 ribs on each side. Square section, edge of blade broken.
Remarks: CI