Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 92-6-13-13, Presented by A.W. Franks Esq. 13/6/1892
Site: England, Essex, Shoebury, Hoard I
Hoard: yes
Parish: Shoebury
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 89
Width (mm): 45
Thickness (mm): 36
Weight (g): 156
Patina: brown & green
Surface: corroded
Associations: 1-27, 2 Fragments Swords; 1 Palstave; 3 Winged Celts; 15 Socketed Celts; 1 Bracelet; 6 Cakes Copper; 3 Fragments Pottery.
Description: Well preserved
Publications: Described by C.H. Read in Proc. Soc. Ant. 1892 XIV
Remarks: Inacc., New card done