Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,F. Ransom Esq., Hitchin
Site: England,Hertfordshire,Clothall,Cumberlow Green,1876
Parish: Clothall
County: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1876
Length (mm): 100
Width (mm): 42
Edge (mm): 45
Thickness (mm): 40
Weight (g): 234
Patina: Medium and dark green polished patina bluish at edge and about 40mm from the edge.
Surface: Smooth, clay in socket and loop.
Other: Weight: 233.7 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard containing a winged celt, many socketed celts, fragments of swords and daggers, and rough metal.
Publications: Journal Royal Anthropological Institute, vi, 195.,Evans, J. Ancient Bronze Implements, 110