Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Public Museum, Gloucester
Site: England,Gloucestershire,Bourton-on-the-Water,400 ft. S. of Slaughter Bridge; E. of Fosse Way; near lower Slaughter, near gravel pit containing Bronze Age Pits. Found while ploughing, 1907,Laid in circle
Parish: Bourton-on-the-water
County: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1907
Length (mm): 93
Width (mm): 41
Edge (mm): 50
Thickness (mm): 41
Weight (g): 199
Patina: Dark green patina
Surface: Smooth
Composition: Bronze
Other: Width: blade 49.5mm; socket 41mm
Associations: Hoard of eight socketed celts
Description: Good condition; sharp edge; damaged loop
Publications: Ant. Journal, XII, p. 284, fig.,XV, 196,XXI, 150