Object: Socketed Celt
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Mr. Lemmon, Saltwood
Site: England,Kent,Saltwood,Haynes Wood, in line of railway cutting, 6 ft. below surface, lying on stratum of sand, c. 25 yards NE by N of summit of hill. Found June 4, 1872
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Saltwood
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid reference: Kent LXXIV NE
Year of discovery: 1872
Length (mm): 38
Width (mm): 53
Thickness (mm): 16
Weight (g): 73
Patina: Green and brown.
Surface: Mainly smooth with some pits and encrustment.
Associations: Part of large hoard; see card for first socketed celt.
Description: Cutting edge part of celt; edge blunt and chipped; broken section shows top of socket, retaining wooden haft.
Publications: Arch. Journ. XXX, 279,Jessup, Arch of Kent, 107,Evans,Journ. Anhtop. Inst. III, 230.