Object: Sickle
Classification: Knobbed
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,C.H. Grinling, Esq.,17 Rectory Place, Woolwich, SE19,1920,Obtained from Mr. Joseph Fels, the owner of Basildon Farm.
Site: England,Essex,Billericay,Basildon Farm,1909
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Billericay
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1909
Length (mm): 53
Width (mm): 33
Thickness (mm): 4
Weight (g): 27
Patina: Dull green patina various shades.
Surface: Smooth. Some encrustment and traces of light earth.
Other: Width: 33 (widest),Thickness: 4 (thickest),Weight: 27.32 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard of 9 socketed celts, a spear head, 2 gouges, portion of a knife, etc. and a socketed celt, and an equal weight of rough ore, now in the Museum of the Royal Academy of LIterature, History and Antiquities. Steckholm.