Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum,(151.94),presented to Essex Arch. Soc. by Lord Rookwood, 1894.,(Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. VI. 172)
Site: England,Essex,Hatfield Broad Oak
Parish: Hatfield Broad Oak
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 96
Width (mm): edge 47 socket 42
Thickness (mm): socket 35.5
Weight (g): 178.06
Patina: slightly roughish green, with reddish stains
Surface: a little rough. Golden Bronze showing one one side of socket rim.
Associations: One of a Bronze Founder's Hoard of 16 Socketed Celts & 20 Lumps of Rough Metal also 14 pieces of socketed celts & 14 small pieces of an earthenware pot, 4 pieces of Rim of Burial Urn, a pair of Burial Urn Handles, 3 Spearheads, 1 Chape & part of a Socketed Tool.
Description: Very prominent cast marks. Big ribs in socket. Traces of sand.
Publications: Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. vi.172