Object: Socketed Celt
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Mr. Lemmon, Saltwood.,Dead, before 1957, his portion went perhaps to Hythe Museum?
Site: England,Kent,Saltwood,Hayne Wood, on line of railway cutting, 6 ft. below surface, lying on stratum of sand, c. 25 yards NW 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): 50
Thickness (mm): 29
Weight (g): 47
Patina: Lead-colour patina with green patches.
Surface: Fairly smooth
Associations: Part of a large hoard; see card for first socketed celt.
Description: Fragment consisting of part of socket and loop. Bad casting, for on the fractured face are numerous air bubbles.
Publications: Arch. Journ. XXX, 279,Jessup, Arch of Kent, 107,Evans,Journ. Anhtop. Inst. III, 230.