Object: Flanged Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum,75.4-1.6
Site: England,Dorset,Osmington Hill,nr. Sutton Poyntz,"discovered in cutting out an equestrian figure of the King." This is SY 717 853.
Discovery context: hillside
County: Dorset
Country: England
Grid reference: SY 717 853
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 157
Width (mm): 29
Edge (mm): 88
Thickness (mm): 26
Weight (g): 569
Patina: Black
Surface: Slightly pitted in places.
Composition: Bronze
Other: Width: butt 29mm; blade 88mm
Description: Flat Celt with flanges. Indentations between the flanges on both sides.
Publications: Evans, Anc. Br. Imps. p. 52, Fig 13,Also ref. in Cdt. Heare's personal papers in Record Office at Trowbridge (MS 383/907)
Remarks: Found in Dorsetshire,Document,OK!