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): 103
Width (mm): socket 40, edge 49.5
Thickness (mm): socket 38.5
Weight (g): 294.12
Patina: various shades of green.
Surface: fairly smooth. slightly pitted & more or less covered with soil.
Associations: Bronze founder's Hoard of 15 Celts. nearby an earthenware utensil (with 3 pierced lugs) was found.