In 2001 Wessex Archaeology carried out an excavation at Underdown Lane. A brickearth deposit contained a large assemblage of Late Glacial worked flints. Over 200 pieces were recovered, with many refits within the collection indicating knapping in the immediate area. A microlith, six burins and long blades, plus a core for producing such blades were found, along with flakes, all typical of a Long Blade industry dating to 10,300 to c.9700 BP, the transition period from the Upper Palaeolithic to Early Mesolithic. (1) In 2003 an archaeological study of the finds in relation to the geoarchaeology of the site took place, showing that the assemblage was deposited in a warming period when cold stages were eroding in and into the hollows. (2)

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2003, Land at Underdown Lane, Eddington, Herne Bay, Kent: Archaeological Excavation Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SKE17715.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2003, A long Blade site at Underdown Lane, Herne Bay, Kent, and a Model for Habitat Use in the British Early Postglacial (Unpublished document). SKE31268.