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VI. Note on some Ancient Bronze Implements (''Socketed 

 Celts") from the Neighbourhood of Little Baddow, 



Essex. 



By Henry Corder. 



[Keacl April 30th, 1881.] 



About two years ago a man who was land- ditching at 

 Little Baddow, near Chelmsford, on a farm belonging to 

 Andrew Marriage, Esq., dug out a nmnber of fragments of 

 bronze at a deijth of about two feet from the surface. There 

 are in all twelve pieces, of which the following is a list: — 



No. 1. A celt 4 inches in length, quite perfect. On the 

 flat sides are five raised ribs ending in knobs. 



Nos. 2 and 3. Celts 3f and 3^ inches in length, unor- 

 namented. These also are perfect. 



No. 4. A celt rather broken, about 3 inches long, orna- 

 mented round the socket with lines and zigzag work. 



Nos. 5, 6, 7, and 8. Fragments of celts. One is tolerably 

 perfect, with raised lines as in No. 1. Another appears to 

 have had a double cavity inside. 



No. 9. Portion of a blade. One side is sharpened, the 

 other grooved with lines. 



Nos. 10, 11, and 12. Lumps of un wrought metal. One 

 which has been cut shows a red colour like copper. 



The whole of these were found close together, and appeared 

 to have been originally enclosed in some vessel which had 

 decayed. It is interesting to notice that there are no two of 

 them alike ; the size or the ornamentation varies in every 

 case. 



