South Ash: Palaeolithic handaxe from tree-planting pit, and surface-finds of debitage. handaxe discovery reported in late 19th century (1), and collection of flakes (presumed surface-finds) in British Museum and Maidstone Museum recorded by Roe in the 1960s (2).TQ 5963 Findspot of three Lower Palaeolithic retouched flakes and eight flakes. (Probably part of the same scatter of finds as TQ 56 SE 6, 38-41.) (3)

<1> Prestwich J, , 1891, On the age, formation, and successive drift-stages of the Darent; with remarks on the Palaeolithic implements of the district, and on the origin of the Chalk escarpment. , p133 (Article in serial). ske55094.

<2> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p137 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text] (Monograph). SWX6569.