Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Lt. Col. John Jardine,Clumber Crescent South, The Park, Nottingham, (1927),Given in 1927 to the Castle Museum, Nottingham, 27.81.
Site: England,Nottinghamshire,Colwick,Dredged from the bed of the River Trent, 1926
Discovery context: river,dredged
Parish: Colwick
County: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1926
Length (mm): 124
Edge (mm): 59
Weight (g): 420
Surface: Bright; has been cleaned with acid.
Composition: Bronze
Other: Weight: 419.6 gms
Description: Has been crushed at the socket. 3 raised ribs on face.
Remarks: A flat Celt and spearhead (Class II) in the same collection, and a spearhead (Cl. IIIA) in Nottingham Art Museum, came from the bed of R. Trent and Colwick.