Object: Winged Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,F. Ransom Esq., Hitchin
Site: England,Hertfordshire,Rushden,Cumberlow Green,1876
Parish: Rushden
County: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1876
Length (mm): 90
Width (mm): 28
Thickness (mm): 32
Weight (g): 209
Patina: Bluish green patina where blade is broken off. The remainder of patina is light greenish and thin mostly dark golden bronze colour.
Surface: Smooth and very slightly pitted. Traces of earth in hollows and round the loop.
Other: Width: 27.5 (just below loop); 23mm,Thickness: 31.5mm; 6.5mm,Weight: 209.4 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard containing many socketed celts, fragments of swords and daggers, and rough metal.
Publications: Journal Royal Anthropological Institute, vi, 195.,Evans, J. Ancient Bronze Implements, 94.