Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1924,H. Mothersole, Esq.,Warren House, Roxwell Road, Chelmsford
Site: England,Essex,Little Baddow
Parish: Little Baddow
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 74
Width (mm): 32
Edge (mm): 41
Thickness (mm): 17
Weight (g): 134
Patina: Slight thin patina. Medium green.
Surface: Smooth. Dark golden bronze. Some light green corrosion on other side.
Other: Width: edge 41mm; below socket 31.5mm,Weight: 134.25 gms
Associations: Found at Little Baddow - Rough metal (2 pieces) sickle, 7 socketed celts, and a Palstave.
Description: Hammer marked on each side of blade.
Publications: Trans. Essex Field Club, Vol. II, p. 31,Essex Naturalist, Vol. XVI, p. 246