Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester museum,purchased by the Corporation, 1911, (2347.11)
Site: England,Essex,Dovercourt
Parish: Dovercourt
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 98
Width (mm): edge 54.5, socket 35
Thickness (mm): socket 33
Weight (g): 185.15
Patina: Thin, light green, with a few black stains.
Surface: Smooth. Traces of light earth in & around the socket.
Associations: Bronze Founder's Hoard of 15 Celts - nearby an earthenware utensil (with 3 pierced lugs),was found.