recently discovered in Croydon and Neighbourhood, 55 
been thought that this was cast hollow to receive a central 
prong, but the cavity is probably due to defective casting.” 
You will notice our specimen is also broken, apparently from 
the same cause, and has a similar cavity. It is 3 in. in length. 
No. 2 is the later form of socketed celt, but it is interesting to 
observe, moulded upon it as an ornament, the now useless 
wings of the palstave which remain as an ornamental survival. 
Above the wings is a pellet ; in one of the Beddington celts there 
are two pellets between the wings. There is a probability that 
these pellets are also ornamental survivals representing the heads 
of nails driven through the palstave the more firmly to secure it 
to the hafting. It has occurred to me that the ornaments of 
both wings and pellets may originally have been produced in the 
socketed celts by the use of a winged, nailed palstave for making 
the matrix of the first mould. The edge of the blade is im- 
‘perfect, but bears traces of having been rubbed laterally upon a 
whetstone. The length of No. 2 is 44 in. 
No. 3.—This is a further development of the socketed celt. 
The wings and pellets have disappeared, and are succeeded by 
moulded horizontal lines round the socket. The edge of the 
blade is extended in width, but has suffered considerably in use, 
the part farthest from the handle being worn away, The socket 
is almost oval. The length of the celt is 34, in. 
No. 4 is a more massive celt, although shorter than No. 2, 
being 44 in. in length. The edge of the socket, which is almost 
square, is left much more unfinished where the metal was poured 
into the mould, but the tool has been hammered to a fine cutting 
edge, and has suffered little or no wear. The ornamentation is 
more simple than in either No. 2 or No. 3, consisting merely of 
double lines round the socket above the top of the loop, which in 
both No. 2 and No. 4 is placed much higher upon the implement 
than in No. 3. This very closely resembles one in the Wickham 
hoard. I have not yet compared them together, but they seem 
to be possibly from the same mould. 
No. 5 is also a massive implement, capable of being used with 
great effect. It is still more simply ornamented than No. 4, 
having a single line round it above the loop. The socket is 
’ almost quadrilateral, measuring 1,4 in. x 1,3,in. The edge of 
the blade has been sharpened by hammering, and shows the 
effect of use. It is 33, in.in length. Neither No. 4 nor No. 5 
appears to have suffered so much from corrosion as Nos. 2 and 8, 
and this makes it probable that the metal is somewhat different. 
The remaining objects are three cakes of copper, one of which 
shows that it was melted down in a circular vessel, and the 
lower half of a socketed celt. 
The hoard is evidently that of a founder who hid his scrap 
bronze and cakes, together with three second-hand and one new 
