A lower palaeolithic handaxe was found at Moat Rough at some time in the post-war period. It has since found its way to the Tom Armstrong Bowes collection. The addition of this handaxe to the known assemblage has informed us that the artefact-bearing fluvial gravels, which have yielded crude handaxe types, are widespread across the Fordwich Plateau. This gives a greater scope for finding potential in situ artefacts, which will help to answer long-standing question on the antiquity of the Fordwich handaxes, and whether they represent the earliest north-western advance of the Acheulean culture.