Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum (151.94),Presented to Essex. Arch. Soc. by Lord Rookwood, 1894,(Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N. S., VI, 172)
Site: England,Essex,Hatfield Broad Oak
Parish: Hatfield Broad Oak
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 106
Width (mm): 35
Edge (mm): 42
Thickness (mm): 38
Weight (g): 248
Patina: Light greyish green.
Surface: Smooth
Associations: One of a Bronze Founder's Hoard of 16 socketed celts + 20 lumps of rough metal, also 14 pieces of socketed celts + 14 small pieces of an earthenware pot, 4 pieces of rim of burial urn, a pair of burial urn handles, 3 spearheads, 1 chape, + part of a socketed tool.
Description: Raised decoration. Three quarters of socket rim - broken away. Side that is most broken is almost covered with a whitish grey earth.
Publications: Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N. S., VI, 172