Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Carisbrook Castle Museum,No. 2,Presented Jany. 1918 by Dr. Whitehead of Ventnor.,Formerly belonging to Col. Jolliffe of Bonchurch.,1920
Site: Isle of Wight,Ventnor,Found during construction of Railway terminus,1899 (about)
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Ventnor
County: Isle of Wight
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1899
Length (mm): 74
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 24
Thickness (mm): 25
Weight (g): 82
Associations: One of a hoard of about 30 found beneath a large mass of rock on a spot now occupied by the Goods Shed Ventnor Town Station. Only 3 have been preserved (2 in this museum).