Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Shrewsbury Museum, No. 35,(in Museum before 1881)
Site: Locality unknown
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 100
Width (mm): 44
Edge (mm): 72
Thickness (mm): 40
Weight (g): 361
Patina: Dark brownish, golden bronze showing.
Surface: Smooth, more worn towards edge.
Other: Weight: 361.46 gms
Remarks: Probably the Bronze Celt presented by Sir A. V. Corbet, Bart., May 2, 1851, with a miscellaneous collection: no further details or site recorded. (Shrewsbury Museum Donations Book I) - Possibly that from Hadley (12th April 1837) but No. 36 is more likely for this.