Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, W. G. 1748,Given by J. P. Morgan, 1909
Site: England,Greater London,River Thames at Kew
Discovery context: river
Parish: Kew
County: Greater London
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 19 77
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 107
Width (mm): 42
Edge (mm): 48
Thickness (mm): 38
Weight (g): 272
Patina: Dark green on bronze.
Surface: Reverse rather rough.
Other: Weight: 272.33 gms
Description: Socket rim is broken and worn on one side. Raised decoration.
Remarks: Probably the axe dredged from Thames on Sept. 1901 [...] with a 7 1/2" [beech?] haft ([?photo] presented to BM by J. Allen Brown, Esq.),Inacc.,CI