Object: Socketed Celt
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Formerly Given to "Peter" Mills (1914) Now held by Croydon Public Library in effects of [lore?] "Peter" Mills.),British Museum, 1960.5-4.1
Site: England,Greater London (Surrey),Croydon,Shirley,Addington Golf Course,Found "in Addington Park between the Swiss Lodge and the Gold House along Shirley (Church) Rd.",During construction of the Golf course, 1914.
Hoard: yes
Discovery context: golf course
Parish: Addington
District: Tonbridge and Malling
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1914
Length (mm): 54
Width (mm): 40
Thickness (mm): 16
Patina: Deep brown. Has mottled green incrustation; very light.
Surface: Slight traces of blow in casting. Green mottle as from fabric or leather.
Other: Width: 40mm max; 25mm min.
Associations: Other hoards found same area and time. See Brit Mus. "Addington, 'Kent'" (sic.)
Description: Cutting end of socketed celt. Well cast but core off centre. Shows marks of coarse lime. Cutting edge damaged. Suggests never was work hardened to the point where it flaked in use.
Remarks: A.B. reid,Almost OK