Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Manx Museum, Isle of Man, 11
Site: Isle of Man,Kirk German,Balla Kaighen
County: Isle of Man
Country: Isle of Man
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 87
Width (mm): 40
Edge (mm): 49
Thickness (mm): 40
Weight (g): 198
Composition: Cu 86.20; Sn 11.20; Pb 1.46; Fe 1.05:Total 99.91
Other: Weight: 198.44 gms
Description: This is very thin and badly worn. The cutting edge is gone, but though apparently only 1 or 2 mm have been worn or cut away. The hollow made for the core is sunk so deep that this broken end shows distinctly the two separate edge of the face. Ribs faintly defined on one face and scarcely visible on the other.