CELTS. 53 



SOCKETED CELTS. 



The only other kind of bronze celt was a new invention, not a mere 

 improvement of the palstave type. Instead of the handle having a slot 

 to receive the upper part of the celt it is brought to a conical form and 

 fitted into the socket, of which the butt end of the celt consists. Such a 

 celt must have been a very handy, useful tool or weapon. 



No of 

 Case. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Locality, &c. 



How procured. 



Br. 13. 

 Br. 14. 



Br. 15. 

 Br. 16. 

 Br. 17. 

 Br. 18. 



Br. 19. 



Br. 20. 



Six little celts, Br. 13 barely 3 Jin. long, 

 found with a seventh (?) in a barrow near 

 Eggardon Camp in 1882. These have 

 never been used, the edges being unground 

 just as they came out of the moulds. They 

 are all ornamented with slender fillets or 

 ridges ending in small knobs. Br. 14-17 

 have 4, Br. 13 only i, Br. 18 has 3 and is 

 of a make rather different from that of the 

 others. The sides are somewhat more 

 curved, and are angular, not almost flat 

 like the rest. All have a loop. Br. 13, 16, 

 and 1 8 are remarkable from their being 

 apparently made of almost or quite pure 

 tin ; but the weight, not less than bronze, 

 may show that there is a mixture of lead. 



Jordan Hill, near Wey mouth. 



A celt which, like Br. 13, 16, and 18, 

 seems to be made of almost or quite 

 pure tin.* It has three fillets on each side. 



Milborne St. Andrew. 



A celt ornamented with three fillets on 

 each side united by a ridge at the upper 

 end. 



13, 14, with the 

 Hogg Loan 

 Collection. 



15-18, with the 

 Cuimiugtou 

 Collection. 



With the Warne 

 Collection. 



Presented by 

 J. C. Mansel- 

 Pleydell, Esq. 



* The Rev. Canon Greenwell does not accept this opinion. 



