Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,F. Ransom Esq. Hitchin
Site: England,Hertfordshire,Clothall,Cumberlow Green,1876
Parish: Clothall
County: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1876
Length (mm): 104
Width (mm): 36
Edge (mm): 40
Thickness (mm): 34
Weight (g): 174
Patina: Very thin polished green patina with bronze showing through.
Surface: Smooth, slight corrosion near edge.
Other: Width; edge 50mm; socket 35.5mm,Weight: 173.64 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard containing a winged celt, many socketed celts, fragments of seords and daggers, and rough metal.
Publications: Journal Royal Anthropological Institute, vi, 195,Evans, J. Ancient Bronze Implements, 110