Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1923,Lady Stainer. The Citadel (no.1),Preston Brockhurst. Salop.,Purchased by the late Sur Beville Stainer from 2nd + 3rd Viscounts Hill.
Site: England,Shropshire,Weston-under-Red Castle,found in ruins of Red Castle, Hawkstone
Discovery context: excavated
Parish: Weston-under-red
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 91
Width (mm): 32
Edge (mm): 47
Thickness (mm): 36
Weight (g): 198
Patina: Broken patina greenish brown; irregular, green blue on loop side.
Surface: Very much decayed and worn.
Other: Weight: 198.44 gms
Associations: Found with 3 palstaves, 3 s. celts, a spearhead, 4 Roman Coins, a tongue shaped object of bronze, a bronze needle, numerous pins, and small objects, and several mediaeval items.