Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum,(151.94),presented to Essex Arch. Soc. by Lord Rookwood, 1894.,(Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. VI. 172)
Site: England,Essex,Hatfield Broad Oak
Parish: Hatfield Broad Oak
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 101
Width (mm): edge 39 socket 37
Thickness (mm): socket 38
Weight (g): 248.06
Patina: lightish green - various shades.
Surface: smooth
Associations: One of a Bronze Founder's Hoard of 16 Socketed Celts & 20 Lumps of Rough Metal also 14 pieces of socketed celts & 14 small pieces of an earthenware pot, 4 pieces of Rim of Burial Urn, a pair of Burial Urn Handles, 3 Spearheads, 1 Chape & part of a Socketed Tool.
Description: Loop is cracked. Gravel in socket & on one side, also a good deal of chalk.
Publications: Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. vi.172