Shipbourne, Home Farm, Puttenden Level: surface find of Palaeolithic handaxe. A small twisted ovate, slightly pointed, found at c. 240flint OD in late 19th century (1, 2). Recorded by Roe in the 1960s (3), then listed in the Southern Rivers Project in the 1990s (4).

<1> Spurrell FCJ, , 1883, Palaeolithic implements found in West Kent. , p95 (Article in serial). ske32204.

<2> Prestwich, J., 1889, On the occurrence of Palaeolithic flint implements in the neighbourhood of Ightham Kent, their distribution and probable age, pp 274, 280, 284 (Article in serial). SKE31330.

<3> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p171 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M2.4 (Monograph). SWX6569.