Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Folkestone Museum
Site: England,Kent,Saltwood,Hayne Wood, on limit of railway cutting, 6 ft. below surface, lying on stratum of sand, c. 25 yards NE 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): 69
Width (mm): 33
Edge (mm): 30
Thickness (mm): 32
Weight (g): 99
Patina: Green and brown
Surface: Rather rough
Associations: Part of a large hoard; see card for first socketed celt.
Description: Cutting edge entirely missing; the end-section shows the metal 45mm thick, the sides being separated by a gap of which is filled up with wood. Faces of blade have three facets; prominent mould marks along sides. Large loop.
Publications: Arch. Journ. XXX, 279,Evans,Jessup, Arch of Kent, 107,Journ. Anthrop. Inst., 230