Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge,Beldam Collection,The gift of Mr. Bell.
Site: England,Hertfordshire,Royston Heath,1851
Parish: Royston
County: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1851
Length (mm): 104
Width (mm): 37
Edge (mm): 38
Thickness (mm): 37
Weight (g): 239
Patina: Black grey and a few specks of green.
Surface: Rough and corroded.
Other: Width: edge 38mm; socket 36.5mm
Description: Square socket. The rim is round and beneath it is a moulding from which springs the loop. Sides square. Cutting edge chipped. On each face close to the moulding is a pellet.