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): 55
Weight (g): 15
Patina: Thin green patina
Surface: Smooth
Associations: Part of a large hoard; see card for first socketed celt.
Description: Piece of socket, slightly curved, otherwise featureless. Orifice of socket somewhat flared out.
Publications: Arch. Journ. XXX, 279,Jessup, Arch of Kent, 107,Evans,Journ. Anhtop. Inst. III, 230.