Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: B. Gr. 1; Croydon Natural History Soc; Eldon House 2 Lansdown Rd; Croydon, Surrey
Site: Surrey; Chelsham Parish; Beadlestead... Green
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1890
Length (mm): 114
Width (mm): 40.1
Thickness (mm): 38.1
Patina: 'rusty' deep green
Surface: pitted 'rusty'
Composition: Bronze
Other: under site notes: "found by workman digging for flints! 1890" and at top right corner "B.Gr.1" notation
Associations: Hoard ... 8
Description: Socketed celt, looped, cast with 'wing' ridges but no line for ... ridge; Dummy ... cast in collar on both sides at right angles to loop; Cutting edge broken on side away from loop
Publications: Victoria County History, Surrey; Vol 1, p. 241 plate face p. 241; proceedings of the Society of Antiquarians of London Sec 2, 18, p. 285 elseg
Remarks: Badly cast; Many small surface pits from damp mould