Lower Palaeolithic hand axe Provenance: Chart Farm, Seal Chart, Seal (TQ 576565) Kent County Museums Service Accession No.: K1850.43 (1) Palaeolithic finds from area first reported by Evans (1), then by Prestwich (2, 3); more than 20 Palaeolithic handaxes recorded by Roe in the 1960s (4).TQ 575572 Findspots of Lower Palaeolithic implements in Gault geology. (5)

<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p 608 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<2> Ant J 14 1934 183-4 photo (HJE Peake) (OS Card Reference). SKE33130.

<3> 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. (Article in serial). ske55094.

<4> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, pp 159, 173 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text] (Monograph). SWX6569.