Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: City and County Museum, Lincoln,Ref. No. 729-08,*4 were presented by the late G. S. Leslie Melville Esq, Decem. 1908,+6 by his son Capt A. B. Leslie Melville, Decem. 1919,*Ref. Nos. 729.30, 31, 32-08,+Ref. Nos. 45, 46, 47, 48, 50-19
Site: England,Lincolnshire,Branston,In a gravel pit,1907
Discovery context: gravel extraction
Parish: Branston
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1907
Length (mm): 98
Width (mm): 42
Edge (mm): 43
Thickness (mm): 38
Weight (g): 251
Patina: Green patina.
Associations: One of a hoard of 10 celts. It is presumed that this and Nos. 730-08; 46-19; 45-19 - are from the same mould as they are so precisely alike.
Description: Untouched from the mould, with the irregularities left on as cast.