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Weaving-combs of Antler. — The ten combs found last September 

 'bring the Meare collection up to fifty-six. The new specimens, HH 47 

 to HH 56, are for the most part in good condition, and three of them 

 are perfect. Only five examples of what was then regarded as a rare 

 type, viz., Type 2,* those with oval or rounded enlargements at the 

 handle-end, were found at Glastonbury. Of the ten specimens now 

 found at Meare, no less than seven are of this type (the longest 

 measuring 7 inches in length; two of these are perforated through the 

 enlargement. One is of Type 1, another of Type 4; the remaining one 

 is broken at the handle-end. One of those of Type 2 (HH 56) has the 

 enlargement ornamented with two large concentric circles with a central 

 dot; both margins of the handle are engraved with a row of eight large 

 semicircles, each of which encloses the usual dot. 



Other Antler. — We have only nine specimens to record from the 

 recent excavations, and these include two unworked tines of roe-deer 

 (H 106 and H 107). Perhaps the most interesting object is the 

 pohshed red-deer tine (H 105) into which an iron peg (projecting 

 5'5 mm.) has been driven 2f inches from the tip of the tine, causing the 

 tine to split for a distance of 1| inch. An attempt had been made to 

 drive the peg in nearer the tip. H 111 is part of a highly polished 

 ' cheek-piece.' A small ferrule (H 110) with smooth convex sides was 

 also found. A neat piece of work is half an antler ring (external 

 diameter 34 mm.) carved into a twisted rope-pattern design (H 108). 



Spindle-whorls. — Meare has already produced seventy-nine spindle- 

 whorls, of which fourteen were found last September. The most 

 interesting is the grey stone specimen (W 78) grooved round the sides 

 and having radiating notches at the mouth of the hole on both surfaces 

 (similar to a whorl from Glastonbury). The others are on the whole 

 rather rude specimens, and were formed from lias and other stone 

 and baked clay. 



Flint. — Two well-worked scrapers, and part of a small chipped and 

 partly polished celt (F 56). Flint was also represented by a large 

 number of flakes, a few burnt flakes and scrapers, and two nodules 

 (one of chert). 



Querns. — Sixty-four saddle and rotary querns have now been found 

 at Meare, besides several fragments unnumbered. Fifteen of the 

 specimens were found in September 1914, all, or nearly all of them, 

 saddle querns. The rotary quern is comparatively rare afc Meare. 



Other Stone Objects. — Of the fifty-three whetstones found in 

 Mound IX. last year, one (S 50) showed much wear from sharpening; 

 another piece (S 49) was deeply grooved by tools in two places ; and the 

 butt-end of a shapely specimen (S 57) was perforated for suspension, 

 and the hole countersunk very neatly on both surfaces. Some of the 

 hammer-stones discovered were well shaped (especially S 52, 53, and 

 55). Two hundred and ninety-three sling-stones (S 54) were found scat- 

 tered over a small area in Mound IX. ; the same dwelling produced 

 111 sling-stones in addition. Several small discoidal stones — perhaps 

 intended for the manufacture of spindle-whorls — were found; also a 

 few small smooth pebbles. 



Pottery. — Late-Celtic pottery has been no less plentiful than in 



* The types are described in Glastonbury Lake Village, i. 270, et sen. 



