Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum,  80-11-24-2,  Presented by A. W. Franks Esq,  (Henry Medland, Melbourne, Royston),  24/11/1880
Site: England, Cambridgeshire, Meldreth, Founder's hoard, All found together by a workman in Nov.1880 near Meldreth station,Royston, Cambs. Stated to be the whole of the find
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Meldreth
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Grid reference: TL37,46
Year of discovery: 1880
Length (mm): 100
Width (mm): 54
Thickness (mm): 42
Weight (g): 310
Patina: metallic dashgreen
Surface: Non corroded
Other: Length 10.0 cms - all other measurements of length no units given, therefore assumed to be cms and converted into mm above
Associations: 1-53
Description: Three ribs
Remarks: 17 Socketed Celts,5 Fragments Celts,2 Fragments Winged Celts?,1 Chisel?,1 Spearhead,2 Fragments Spearhead,6 Fragments swords,1 Knife or razor,2 Pieces edge of [...]cssel,1 Rough piece from casting,15 Copper cakes,9 odd fragments