Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection, A.L. Armstrong Esq. 14 Swaledale Rd, Sheffield.
Site: England, Norfolk, Weeting, Grimes Graves (pit No1.), 10th Sept. 1920., found by owner at bottom of pit (opened by prehistoric Soc. of E. Anglia) having fallen therein through destruction of pit sides by frost & rain, from the surface layer of humus & sand.
Parish: Weeting
County: Norfolk
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1920
Length (mm): 82
Width (mm): edge 38, socket 38
Thickness (mm): socket 35
Weight (g): 180
Patina: deep brown patina with a bright apple green patina in patches
Surface: surfaces are lustrous & the metal is in a perfect state
Composition: appears to be bronze
Description: Edge damaged by use. Sandy humus closely compacted in socket of celt.
Publications: Will be described in Pt. III Vol. III "Proceedings Prehistoric Society"