Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Society of Antiquaries,Burlington House W.,Dr. Root's Collection, No. 7,(Proc II 101),?Lost (1973)
Site: England,Greater London (Surrey),Surbiton,Directly opposite Dr. Root's House,1850
Parish: Surbiton
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1850
Length (mm): 121
Width (mm): 42
Edge (mm): 52
Thickness (mm): 43
Weight (g): 328
Patina: No patina
Surface: Smooth, dark golden bronze colour.
Other: Width: edge 51.5mm; socket 42mm,Thickness: socket 42.5mm,Weight: 328.38 gms
Description: Well preserved (rather brassy looking, possibly not genuine).
Publications: PSA 2nd ser. 2 (   ), 101,PSA 2nd ser 1 (   ), 83, no. 9,Evans, Br. Impl., 125, fig. 141.
Remarks: Being exactly the same size and pattern of another found on Kingston Hill, prove the connection of Caesar's camp and the Thames.