A large quantity of Palaeolithic finds identifed during the test pitting of a site in Springhead. The 9 machine dug test pits did not all produce finds but have helped identify the pattern of Palaeolithic occupation on the site. The whole assemblage consists of flint, which may have been collected from primary and secondary sources in the immediate locality. The quality of the raw material is generally good, although some pieces have inclusions and incipient thermal fractures. Together with a thin worn cortex, the quality of some of the flint suggests utilised river gravel nodules presumably collected locally.

Wessex Archaeology, 2006, Springhead Quarter: Surface Water Culvert and Storage/Treatment Works, Ebbsfleet, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE30746.