Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Newcastle upon Tyne,Black Gate, No 105
Site: England,Northumberland,Unthank Hall,Haltwhistle,(exact locality unknown)
Parish: Unthank Hall
County: Northumberland
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 88
Width (mm): socket 37 edge 44
Thickness (mm): socket 37
Weight (g): 198
Patina: dark brown, yellowish stains.
Surface: smooth, slightly scratched
Associations: Presented with two other socketed axe-heads said to be from the same site, & with which it probably formed a small hoard.
Publications: Proc. Soc. of Ant. N/C Ser 4 vol 4, p30 (& photograph)
Remarks: Marked ridge left when casting. Edge partially sharpened in modern times by grinding, showing bronze metal. Loop not pierced through.