Spindle whorl of claystone, from Lanarkshire

Spindle whorl of sandstone from Blackburn, Livingston, West Lothian

Spindle whorl of sandstone from Bloom, West Lothian

Spindle whorl of steatite, with runic inscription meaning 'Gautr carved the runes', from Stromness, Orkney, 1000 - 1200 AD

Spindle whorl of claystone from Corsbie Moss, Legerwood, Berwickshire

Spindle whorl, from Oxon Field, Brahan, Perthshire

Spindle whorl of steatite from Clethorde

Spindle whorl, from Mulbuie, Ross and Cromarty

Spindle whorl (Spiral) of stone, Neolithic, from Denmark

Spindle whorl of sandstone, from a chambered cairn at Embo, Dornoch, Highland

Spindle whorl, from Whitegate Broch, Caithness, Iron Age

Stone spindle whorl from Ardifuar, Argyll

Spindle whorl of grey steatite with wide horizontal and vertical lines on the sides, from Jarlshof, 200 BC - 1000 AD

Conical spindle whorl of green steatite, from Jarlshof

Conical spindle whorl of polished dark steatite, from Jarlshof

Ogham inscribed spindle whorl from Freswick Links