Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Guildford Museum (1928)
Site: England,Greater London (Surrey),Coulsdon,In a small wood, alt 400 ft. for O.D.,Across the road from Coulsdon Court.,Found by workmen digging flints for road metal 3 1/2-4 ft. below surface,7th Jan 1928
Discovery context: woodland
Parish: Coulsden
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1928
Length (mm): 104
Width (mm): 39
Edge (mm): 42
Thickness (mm): 38
Weight (g): 294
Patina: Varigated green patina, much rubbed off showing traces of yellow metal.
Other: Weight: 10 3/8 oz. = 294.13 gms
Associations: Part of a Hoard of 9 pieces, comprising 4 whole and 2 broken socketed celts, 2 fragments of winged celts, and a gouge, also 20 parts of a metal cake weighing 17 lbs. 6 oz.
Description: One corner of edge chipped and the other dented.