Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff., 38.76
Site: Wales, Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Found Jan. 1852 while sinking a drain in peat, Pw, N° 490
Parish: Pontypridd
Country: Wales
Year of discovery: 1852
Weight (g): 128
Patina: very dark brown patina, of the usual kind for peat
Surface: very smooth.
Description: Small socketed celt in good condition. Edge quite sharp, one end of it broken off (the fracture is ancient). Prominent mould marks. A single rib runs down the centre of each face; well-formed symetrical socket.
Remarks: Found in a drawer, with label tied on giving find-place, in R.A.S.'s now on his retirement, January 1938.