Object: Flanged Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 69.12-20.8,Given by the Duke of Bedford, 1869.
Site: England,Devon,Plymstock,About a mile east of Preston, beneath a flat stone at a depth of 2 feet.
Parish: Plymstock
County: Devon
Country: England
Grid reference: SX 51 53
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 102
Width (mm): 16
Edge (mm): 53
Thickness (mm): 10
Weight (g): 160
Surface: Badly encrusted with green carbonate.
Other: Width: edge 53mm; butt 16mm,Thickness: 10mm; 16mm,Weight: 160.14 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard consisting of 16 flanged celts, 3 daggers, a spearhead, and a chisel.
Description: Corners of edge broken off.
Publications: Evans, J., Ancient bronze implements, 50, 51, 165, 241, 259, 464.
Remarks: CI