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): 99
Width (mm): 34
Edge (mm): 49
Thickness (mm): 32
Weight (g): 158
Patina: Olive green partly covered with light soil.
Surface: Smooth. One side of blade - a little pitted and eaten away at edge. Light earth all over.
Other: Width: edge 48.5mm; socket 33.5mm,Thickness: socket 31.5mm,Weight: 157.59 gms
Associations: Bronze Founder's Hoard of 15 Celts, nearly an earthenware utensil (with 3 pierced lugs) was found.