Pottery from the West Village

Detailed description of the Pottery p.23

P 6. Fragment of lower part of a pot with flat pedestalled foot, perforated with four round holes 0.l9 in. in diam. made after baking, two of which were drilled through the edge of the foot. When complete the base was probably perforated with six holes.
Max. ext. diam. of base 3 in.
Ware is strong, hard baked and heavy; thickness varies from 0.19 in. to 0.3l in.
Paste dark grey, mixed with quantities of fine quartz sand. Ext. surface black and burnished, smooth, where not weathered. mt. surface dark grey and gritty to the touch, the perforated part being concave.
Found in Mound II, on the clay floor, 18 ft. S.S.E. of the c.p., 1910.
Figured in Plate IlI

P 7. Fragment of pot with vertically-placed countersunk eyelet handle.
The perforation is nearly round, and measures 0~5 in. in diam. Width of lug 0~88 in.
Ware hard-baked, very heavy ; thickness varies from 0~38 in. to 0~5 in.
Paste grey-coloured. mixed with large quantity of fine rounded water-worn grit, also calcite and shell. Ext. surface dark grey, nearly black, smooth. mt. surface nearly black, smooth, pitted with small holes, which probably contained lime or some material that has been dissolved.
Found in Mound VII, in the black earth, 16.5 ft. W.N.W. of the c.p., 1910.
Figured in Plate IlI

P 10. Small pot, rough and clumsily-made.
Max. ext. diam. of rim 3~38 in. ; max. diam. of base 2~88 in. max. height 2 in.
Ware coarse, hard-baked, and very heavy ; average thickness of side 0~38 in.
Paste dark grey colour, mixed with pieces of stone and quartz sand. Ext. surface black where not weathered ; grey elsewhere, uneven and dented. mt. surface brownish-buff, smooth and even, semicircular when looked at in section.
Found in Mound VII among the brushwood in the foundation, near the S. margin, 20 ft. S. of c.p., 1910.
Figured in Plate IV.

P 11. About one-half of a small roughly-made plain pot (restored).
Max. ext. diam. of lip 4.5 in. ; max. ext. diam. of base 3~88 in. ; max. height 5~l26 in.
Ware clumsy and heavy ; thickness varies from 0~38 in. to 0~5 in.
Paste mixed with grit and large quantity of limestone. Ext. surface grey to dark brown, uneven, fairly smooth, pitted with
small holes. mt. surface light brownish-grey, fairly smooth, pitted with many small holes.
Found in Mound VII, 1908.
Figured in Plate XVIII

P 12. Nearly complete pot found in fragments, Type XV.6
Height 4 in. ; max. ext. diam. of rim 5.75 in. max ext. diam. of body 6 in max ext. diam. of base 5.38 in.
Ware hard-baked and heavy ; thickness varies from 0.l26 in. to 0.3l in.
Paste dark grey, mixed with grit. Ext. surface black, smooth and burnished, shows tool-marks, chiefly horizontal ; weathered at places. mt. surface reddish-black, uneven, gritty to the touch ; horizontal tool-marks near the rim. Ornamented with a band of chevron pattern l.75 in. in depth, bordered above and below by three girth grooves, shaded diagonally. The chevrons contain leaf-shaped spaces shaded with cross hatching ; bordered below by double festooned lines.
Found in Mound VII, first floor, 14.5 ft. 5.5W. of the c.p., 1908.
Figured in Plate II

6 As the Glastonbury and Meare Lake Villages are of the same date, the numbers, i.e. xxv to xxxviii, attached to
type pots found at Meare are made continuous with those classified in the Glastonbury Lake Village monograph.

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