Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,C.H. Grinling Esq.,17 Rectory Place, Woolwich SE18 (1920),Obtained from Mr Joseph Fels, the owner of Basildon Farm.
Site: England,Essex,Billericay,Basildon Farm,1909
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Billericay
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1909
Length (mm): 63
Width (mm): edge 43,socket end 26
Thickness (mm): 17
Weight (g): 81.51
Patina: on one side there is no patina, the surface is golden bronze colour. On one side very thin light green patina golden bronze showing through encrustment on both sides.
Surface: smooth
Associations: Part of a hoard of 9 S. Celts, a spear head, 2 gouges, portions of a knife etc, & a Socketed Celt now in the Museum of the Royal Academy of Literature, History & Antiquities, Stockholm, & an equal weight of Rough Bze.