Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Mr. French (Finder),c/o 36, Thorley Hill,Bishop's Stortford
Site: England,Hertfordshire,Thorley,Approx. 370 Yds. South of Thorley Church, 1943
Parish: Thorley
County: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Grid reference: Herts SHT. SWXXIII, N6. 476187
Year of discovery: 1943
Length (mm): 113
Width (mm): 38
Edge (mm): 19
Weight (g): 227
Other: Length: 4 7/16" = 112.71mm,Width: 3/4" at cutting edge = 19.05mm; socket 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" (38.1mm x 38.1mm),Weight 8 oz. = 226.8 gms
Associations: Gouge found within 200 Yards in 1954.
Description: Celt, socketed and looped. Socket hollow to a depth of 3 3/16" (30.16mm) from shaft end. Fair condition, 50% of surface corroded. Metal shows a brownish colour. Loop is 1/4" (6.35mm) oval section.
Publications: Brief note regarding find in East Herts. Arch. Society News Letter No. 4, 1954, under heading "a Roman SIte". Items incorrectly recorded as gouge & chisel. N.B. The area is near a Roman Site.
Remarks: A late Bronze Age site between NG 486194 & N.G. 486918 & spear head at NG 502 208.