Object: Flat Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,No. 1,J.W. Clark Esq. Bridwell, near Uffenline, Devon,Now Somerset County Museum, Taunton Castle
Site: England, somerset,wellington,said to have been found near the wellington monument (on the black down hills)
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Wellington
County: Somerset
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 140
Width (mm): 29
Edge (mm): 85
Thickness (mm): 9
Weight (g): 370
Patina: Slight dark brown patina rubbed off in places.
Surface: Rough
Other: Width: edge 85mm; butt 29mm,Thickness: centre 9mm,Weight: 370.32 gms
Description: This has never been sharpened.
Remarks: This celt was for many years on the mantle piece in the kitchen of a house in Holcombe Rogus, Devon, + was sold about 1909 to the person from whom it was purchased by Mr. Clarke. The original purchaser then said it was said to have been found near the Wellington Monument.