Surface find of a rectangular flint core-tool, white-patinated and bifacially worked with patches of orange-brown staining on one side. Found on field surface in August 1988 by Jill Bowers (1) and identified as Palaeolithic handaxe by G Halliwell, although from illustration (1) it could equally be a Mesolithic pick. Mentioned by Halliwell and Parfitt 1993 (2) and included in the Southern Rivers Project (3, 4)

<1> Bowers, J., 1989, A Palaeolithic hand-axe from Walmer (Article in serial). SKE29852.

<2> Halliwell, G. & Parfitt, K, 1993, Non-river gravel Lower and Middle Palaeolithic discoveries in East Kent, p88 (Article in serial). SKE29751.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text], S-5.15, p150 (Monograph). SWX6569.

<4> 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Palaeolithic Project: maps for Report No. 2, Regions 4 & 1, The South West and South of the Thames [Vol II - maps], S5 (Unpublished document). SKE12023.