Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum 4524.23., presented by H.J. Cunnington 1923.
Site: England, Essex, Rayne, 1843.
Parish: Rayne
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1843
Length (mm): 46
Width (mm): edge 43, middle 28
Thickness (mm): 17
Weight (g): 81.5
Patina: thin patina, medium green. golden bronze shows at intervals.
Surface: smooth & polished. very slight encrustment at edge.
Associations: One of a bronze founder's hoard of 2 palstaves, 2 winged celts, 9 socketed celts & a gouge. The find originally comprised 18 pieces & included fragments of spearheads.
Publications: Gentleman's Magazine 1844. Vol I p. 299.