Object: Flat Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Rev. Rossendale Lloyd, Aston Hall, Oswestry, Salop,Drawn 8.viii.1927,L.F.C.
Site: england ?,shropshire ?,oswestry ?,aston ?, there is no reason to doubt that this implement was found somewhere on the aston hall property. miss e.r autton hall, who stayed on the property as a child, understood that a ? bronze axe was found duringrepairs to an old stone wall that crosses the wood near the hall. on seeing drawings of this and of the palstave (q.v.), she said it is this specimen that she recollects seeing there. both are preserved in a table case of family treasures, but have no labels
Parish: Oswestry
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 110
Width (mm): 31
Edge (mm): 70
Thickness (mm): 12
Weight (g): 404
Patina: Dark brown-purple
Surface: Hammered, regularly rough - Probably cast in open mould. Smoothed down to edge.
Composition: appears to be pure copper (of [...] celt)
Other: Top right corner - lower case "a"? Says "to appear in Shrops. Arch. Times" in Publications, but it's so faint I'm not sure it is meant to be there. Weight says "14 1/4 oz.", which I have converted to grammes.
Associations: Nothing known
Description: Side and one face hacked to test metal; edge probably blunted by shaving off rim for some purpose. Butt hammered anciently. Sides roughly squared and hammered to meet edge.
Remarks: Marks Severn to Dee Valley route via Oswestry Hills