On two fields on either side of a footpath leading from Elham Station to Acrise, on the flat summit of the high ground beyond the chalk-pits shown on the OS 6", N.E Toke and J.N.T Vachell found hundreds of Neolithic flakes, scrapers, axes, Lanceheads, borers and large rough celts, also one large celt which showed signs of grinding. No pottery was found but some probably pot-boilers were noted. Vachell's collection is in Folkestone Museum. (1,2)

Both Toke and Vachell are now dead and the only Neolithic items in the latter's collection in Folkestone Museum store are some 35 flint scrapers and blades without provenance. They are a homogeneous collection bearing a marked similarity to a few scrapers, flakes and cores picked up during fieldwork off two fields flanking the Acrise- Elham footpath at the position indicated by Toke. (Area centred TR 185433). Other recent finds from the general area include a Neolithic axe (gv. TR 14 SE 6) but no evidence of occupation has been noted. (3)

<1> Toke, N. E., 1946, A Prehistoric Occupation Site Above Elham, Arch Cant 58 1945 80 (NE Toke) (Article in serial). SKE7950.

<2> Harrison, E, 1951, Report for the Year Ending 1949, Ibid 63 1950 xlv (Article in serial). SKE7951.

<3> F1 CFW 02-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42396.

<4> Wardale, C., 1963, Field report for monument TR 14 SE 20 - September, 1963 (Unpublished document). SKE5420.