Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum. 79.3-12.1
Site: England.,Kent.,Saltwood,Sandling, parish of Saltwood.
Parish: Saltwood
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid reference: TR 15 35
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 91
Width (mm): 44
Thickness (mm): 37
Weight (g): 167
Patina: green.
Surface: slightly corroded.
Composition: Bronze.
Other: Width shows "Butt. 37mm, Blade. 44mm".
Description: square section, edge of blade broken.,two curved ribs on each face at butt.,marks of casting.
Remarks: Found on the outer vallum of a British camp, during excavations for tunnel, Hyde & Sandgate Railway.,Presented by J.G. Waller, Mar 4th, 1879,C1