Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Carishook Castle Museum (No. 1),Presented in Jany 1918 by Dr. Whitehead of Ventnor.,Formerly belonging to Col. Jolliffe of Bonchurch.,1920
Site: Isle of Wight,Ventnor,Found during construction of Railway terminus
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Ventnor
County: Isle of Wight
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 128
Width (mm): 31
Edge (mm): 35
Thickness (mm): 35
Weight (g): 295
Composition: Bronze
Associations: One of a hoard of about 30. Found beneath a large mass of rock on a spot now occupied by the Goods shed, Venton Town Station. Only 3 have been preserved (2 in this museum).