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Spindle-whorls from the West Village
TABLE 1
FLAT SPINDLE-WHORLS OF LIAS STONE, OF OBLONG CROSS-SECTION
(The stone referred to in this table is, with few exceptions, Lias. Some of the specimens have slightly rounded
edges).
NO.
DESCRIPTION
DIAM.
OF
WHORL
ThICKNESS
DIAM.
OF
HOLE
MOUND
YEAR
FOUND
ILLUSTRATED
IN PLATE
W 23
Greyish-white; roughly shaped
33 x
385
19
8
(s.c.s.)
V116
1910
W 25
W 30
Pale grey; of rather square plan ; a little weathered
Brownish-grey; somewhat weathered
335
x36
42~5x
43.5
18

ll~5
9
(c.s.)
6
V112

VII
1911

1911


W31
W 37
~
Pale grey
Very pale grey
32
30
85
136
68
75
(c.s.)
VIII’
VIII
1911
1911

XXIII
W 39
Coated with a rust-co- loured deposit; hole a little excentric
45
104
7
VIII’
1911
W 48 W 51
Pale grey Pale grey
52
455
13’5
16
8~8
82
XIII
XIII4
1913
1913
XXIII
W 53
Brownish-grey; much weathered
35 x
39
17~6
(s.c.s.)
8~5
(s.c.s.)
V
1914
W 56
Grey; with radial notches at both the openings, well defined (similar to W78, 139 and 162; and to W 30 from the Glaston. Lake Village).
44
l4~8
78
IX
1914
XXIII
W 57
Whitish-grey
40
10
6
IX
1914
W61
Pale grey; large hole ; weathered
35
~
23
11 (c.s.)
XIX
1914
W 66
Pale grey; thick ; hole excentric
373
x 40
266
10
IX
1914
XXIII
W 68
Pale grey
40~3
l53
7
IX
1914
XXIII
W69
Pale grey; damaged
387
11•2
6•9
IX
1914
W 70
Pale grey ; rough ; thick;
44~5
33
8
IX
1914
W 79
now oval; weathered Pale grey ; small ; large
hole
x
33
29~7
l3~3
9~2
X111
1914
W 85
Almost white; perhaps chalk; cheese-shaped; one surface ornamented with a ring of six cir
27~2
19
5
IX
1921
XXIII
W 110
cular depressions
Grey; roughly-worked hole
43
19
10.5*
(s.c.s.)
XXIX
1924
W 121
W 126
Orange-stained
Very pale grey (?chalk) ; hole excentric
33
43 x
45
2l5
l2~5
6~5
8.2*
XXXVII
XXXIV
1925
1925

W 141
Large; grey; slightly convex on one surface, flat on the other
50~5
22
102
XXXVII
1927
W 143
Pale grey; broken in half; deep horizontal groove round edge
465
18
10*
(s.c.s.)
XXXVII
1927
XXIII

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