Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Manchester Museum, 0.1830,Donor, Rev. E. Jones
Site: England,Yorkshire,Embsay Station (Skipton),5 feet deep in peaty soil.
Discovery context: peat
Parish: Skipton
County: North Yorkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 108
Width (mm): 39
Edge (mm): 65
Thickness (mm): 42
Weight (g): 284
Patina: Olive green patina, dull.
Surface: Almost covered on one side with greyish blue encrustment, also some on other side of blade.
Other: Width: edge 64.5mm; socket 39mm,Thickness: socket 41.5mm,Weight: 283.5 gms
Description: Faint traces of decoration (4 ribs). Slightly hollowed behind points of edge on sides. The outside of loop has been filed and one side of blade.