Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Messrs. B.B. + B.W.J Kent, 1919,Tatefield Hall, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate
Site: England,Lincolnshire,West Halton,Found while ploughing on Mr. Burkill's farm, in the old Cow Pasture, by the sand drain, which falls into Winteringham Haven,17 December 1852
Discovery context: farm
Parish: West Halton
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1852
Length (mm): 77
Width (mm): 37
Edge (mm): 45
Thickness (mm): 36
Weight (g): 268
Patina: Some green, varying to deeper green
Other: Length: 76.5mm,Width: edge 44.5mm; socket 37mm
Associations: From a hoard of 17 socketed celts and 3 other pieces of bronze.
Remarks: Found while ploughing on Mr. Burkill's farm in the Old Cow Pasture, by the sand drain which falls into Winteringham Haven.