Object: Socketed Celt
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Mr. Lemmon, Saltwood
Site: England,Kent,Saltwood,Hayne Wood on line of railway cutting 6 ft. below surface, lying on stratum of sand, c. 25 yards NE by N of summit of hill. Found June 4, 1872
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Saltwood
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid reference: Kent LXXIV NE
Year of discovery: 1872
Length (mm): 37
Width (mm): 43
Thickness (mm): 11
Weight (g): 53
Patina: Green and brown patina.
Surface: Smooth
Associations: Part of a large hoard; see card for first socketed celt.
Description: Part of blade; cutting edge chipped, socket rather crushed in; a few traces of wood inside socket; mould marks along each side.
Publications: Arch. Journ. XXX, 279,Jessup, Arch of Kent, 107,Evans,Journ. Anhtop. Inst. III, 230.