Object: Flanged Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum, Leeds Phil. + Lit. Society.
Site: Ireland
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 122
Width (mm): 57
Thickness (mm): 13.5
Weight (g): 259
Patina: Brown patina.
Surface: Much pitted on one side.
Description: Straight butt, the flanges slight, low curved stop-ridge. The blade and stop ridge elaborately ornamented with chevron pattern, the stop-ridge with three curved ridges with chevron pattern between and three similar ridges at bottom of blade where it commences to widen out, the intervening space filled with eight vertical lines of chevrons. Ends of cutting edge beaten out into hooks.