Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto,Bought at Christie's 26.3.25, 112/11,Probably from the Jas. Burton Collection dispersed in London July 1836 and acquired by the then Marquis of Breadalbane.,The property of Lieut-Col. The Hon. T. G. Breadalbane Morgan-Grenville-Gavin D.S.O., M.C.
Site: Ireland,Old label: Castleton (almost unreadable)
Discovery context: auction
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 89
Width (mm): socket 42.5
Edge (mm): 50
Thickness (mm): socket 37.5
Patina: thick patina dirty very dark browny green, lighter in colour and greener beneath surface.
Surface: smooth