Very numerous Palaeolithic handaxes from general Aylesford area were collected in late 19th C and early 20th C, as well as a wide range of Pleistocene mammal bones held at Maidstone Museum (4). Over 300 handaxes documented by Roe (1) as well as numerous other artefacts including a Levallois core ad 8 Levallois flakes, and then listed in the Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project (2, 3) and examined for the Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project (5). Provenance of material is uncertain, but most likely originates from 2nd terrace deposits associated with the 50ft contour, or from pipes/fissures in the Lower Greensand.

<1> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p138 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], M4.9 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], M4.9 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.

<4> Information from D.B Kelly, asst curator of Maidstone museum, Information from D.B Kelly, asst curator of Maidstone museum (Collection). SKE51482.

<5> Wenban-Smith F. F., Bates M.R and Marshall G., 2007, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent) (Unpublished document). SKE29351.