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): 82.5
Width (mm): edge 45, socket 38
Thickness (mm): socket 35.5
Weight (g): 174.52
Patina: Browny green & light green at the edge.
Surface: smooth. edge of blade pitted. Traces of light earth all over this specimen.
Associations: Bronze founder's Hoard of 15 Celts. nearby an earthenware utensil (with 3 pierced lugs) was found.