A Palaeolithic handaxe was found by W Whitaker in c. 1880s in a gravel pit on the north side of the road c. three-quarters of a mile to SW of Allhallows Church, Hoo (1). Present location of this handaxe is uncertain. NB, this record may correspond with the handaxe reported by Evans as found "at Stoke" [MonUID MKE3193], and which is now in the British Museum, where it was examined in 2005 for the Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project (3 - collection study-event ref STOKE01). Lower Palaeolithic handaxe was found in a gravel pit which was recorded three quarters of a mile south west of Allhallows Church. Object found by W Whitaker on Terrace 2 geology. (4)

<1> Whitaker, W, 1889, Geology of London and of Part of the Thames Valley, Vol I. Memoirs of the Geological Survey, HMSO., p442 (Monograph). SKE29899.

<2> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p611 (Monograph). SWX6573.

<3> 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G., 2007, Medway Valley Palaeolithic Project Final Report: The Palaeolithic Resource in the Medway Gravels (Kent) (Unpublished document).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.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No.2: The South West and South of the Thames [Vol. I - text] (Monograph). SWX6569.