Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge,No. 245, Murray Collection
Site: Ireland,Kings Co.,near Edenderry,Drumcooley Hill,1854
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Drumcooly
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1854
Length (mm): 29.5
Edge (mm): 27
Weight (g): 20
Patina: Green about the loop - mostly bright metal
Surface: Smooth & shiny
Associations: One of a hoard of 15 objects & a piece of sandstone, possibly belonging to a mould, 2 spearheads, 1 socketed celt, 6 rings, 2 pins with rings, & 4 beads (1 large of clay, 1 of glass - yellow & purple twist, 2 of amber - a larger & a smaller - irregularly shaped).
Description: Minute socketed celt large loop broken & beaded rim also broken.