Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Public Museum, Gloucester
Site: England,Gloucestershire,Bourton on the Water,400 ft. S. of Slaughter Bridge, E. of Fosse Way, near Lower Slaughter, near gravel pit containing Bronze Age pits.,Found while ploughing, 1907.
Parish: Bourton On The Water
County: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1907
Length (mm): 108
Width (mm): 46
Edge (mm): 63
Thickness (mm): 44
Weight (g): 335
Patina: Dark green patina
Surface: Smooth with traces of lime encrustation.
Composition: Bronze
Associations: Hoard of eight socketed celts.
Description: Good condition, sharp edge, slightly notched; three ridges on each side of socket.
Publications: Ant. Journal, XII, p. 284, fig.,Ant. Journal, XV, 196,Ant. Journal, XXI, 150