One Palaeolithic handaxe was found in terrace gravel deposits in the northern pit at Hoath, part of the East Blean gravel spread outcropping between 114.8 and 109 ft. OD (1-5). It was a small, abraded crudely-pointed form from an 8ft thick seam of gravel. Recorded in Roe's Gazetteer (6) and then in SRPP (7).

<1> Bowes, A, 1928, Palaeoliths found in England, p. 517 and Plate LXXIX (Article in serial). SKE29707.

<2> Inf Mr HE Gough Curator Herne Bay Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE44347.

<3> MS Notes (Dr A Bowes) possession of Herne Bay Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE47458.

<4> F1 ASP 28.11.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42328.

<5> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 28 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5864.

<6> Roe, D.A., 1968, Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites, p. 157 (Monograph). SWX6570.

<7> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-7, No. 8, p 152 (Monograph). SWX6569.