Object: Flanged Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 69.12-20.12,Given by the Duke of Bedford, 1869.
Site: England,Devon,Plymstock,About a mile east of Preston beneath a flat stone at a depth of 2 feet
Parish: Plymstock
County: Devon
Country: England
Grid reference: SX 51 53
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 107
Width (mm): 26
Edge (mm): 56
Thickness (mm): 14
Weight (g): 301
Surface: Badly encrusted with carbonate, except part of one face. Slightly decayed at butt.
Other: Width: edge 56mm; butt 26mm,Thickness: 14mm; 19mm,Weight: 300.59 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard consisting of 16 flanged celts, 3 daggers, a spearhead, and a chisel.
Publications: Evans, J., Ancient Bronze Implements, 50, 51, 165, 241, 259, 464,Arch. Journ. XXVI, 346, where the scale given is erroneous.
Remarks: CI