Object: Looped Socket Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Croydon Natural History Society,Eldon House, 2 Lansdowne Rd, Croydon, Surrey
Site: England,Surrey,Chelsham,Beddleslead Green,"Found by workman digging for flints." 1890
Parish: Chelsham
County: Surrey
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1890
Length (mm): 86
Width (mm): 32
Thickness (mm): 25
Patina: Smooth light green fades to dark green near top.
Surface: Smooth
Composition: Bronze
Other: Length: 3 3/8" = 85.725mm,Width: 1 1/4" = 31.75mm,Thickness: 1" = 25.4
Associations: Hoard 1-8
Description: Socketed celt with side loop. Blade hammer faceted as in diagram over. Cast 'binding' round top. Cutting edge much battered. Loop side the edge is hammered into an upward hook.
Publications: Victoria County History Surrey, Page 241, Fig faces p. 241.,Proceedings Soc. Antiquaries of London, Ser. 2. xviii, p. 285 et seq.
Remarks: C.B. Reid