Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Mr. Lemmon, Saltwood.
Site: England,Kent,Saltwood,Hayne Wood, on line of railway cutting, 6 ft. below surface, lying on stratum of sand, c. 25 yards NE by N of summit of hill.,Found June 4, 1872.
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Saltwood
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid reference: Kent LXXIV NE
Year of discovery: 1872
Length (mm): 71
Edge (mm): 38
Thickness (mm): 32
Weight (g): 105
Patina: Green and brown.
Surface: Rather rough
Associations: Part of a large hoard; see card for first socketed celt.
Description: Cutting edge broken and blunt; faces perfectly plain. Prominent mould marks; loop broken.
Publications: Arch. Journ. XXX, 279,Jessup, Arch of Kent, 107,Evans,Journ. Anhtop. Inst. III, 230.