Object: Flanged Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Winchester Museum
Site: England,Hampshire,Winchester,Found beneath the City Bridge, in the River Itchen, 1937, during work of repairing the bridge.
Discovery context: river
Parish: Winchester
District: Winchester
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1937
Patina: Irregular and patchy patina, varying in colour from green to brown.
Surface: Rather rough, with a "flakey" appearance.
Description: Small flanged celt, with crescentic edge. Cutting edge quite blunted; one corner of the butt broken off, and small amount of chalk adhering.
Publications: Eq. cutting from "Hants Observer" on the other side.