Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum, purchased by the Corporation 1911. (2347.11)
Site: England, Essex, Dovercourt
Parish: Dovercourt
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 99
Width (mm): edge 56, socket 42
Thickness (mm): socket 40
Weight (g): 248.06
Patina: darkish green.
Surface: fairly smooth, Almost covered with earth. & a good deal in socket.
Associations: Bronze founder's Hoard of 15 Celts. nearby an earthenware utensil (with 3 pierced lugs) was found.
Description: A long internal rib