Object: Short Haft-Flanged Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Wakefield Museum
Site: England,Yorkshire,Lakelock,Wakefield ( 2 3/4 m. NW of),1869
Parish: Lakelock
County: West Yorkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1869
Weight (g): 225
Patina: Green and brown patina, mostly brown. Rust colour between flanges on one face and traces of the same colour on the other.
Surface: Fairly smooth; one edge pitted.
Description: Blade with straight, parallel edges widening out sharply as they near the cutting edges; cutting edge fairly sharp and crescentic in form. high flanges, very thin and lozenge-shaped.  Rudimentary stop ridge; butt end missing.