﻿PALAEOLITHIC 
  FLINT 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  IN 
  KENT. 
  285 
  

  

  the 
  plough 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  some 
  (PI. 
  X. 
  fig. 
  2). 
  At 
  Chart 
  Farm 
  and 
  

   Stonepit 
  (400 
  to 
  440 
  ft.) 
  the 
  specimens 
  are 
  in 
  general 
  white, 
  small 
  

   and 
  rude, 
  and 
  with 
  plough-stains 
  (PI. 
  X. 
  fig. 
  6). 
  One 
  small 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  (2i 
  inches 
  long) 
  is 
  well 
  formed 
  and 
  uninjured. 
  Another 
  pointed 
  

   specimen 
  is 
  made 
  from 
  a 
  dark-brown 
  subangular 
  flint, 
  the 
  worked 
  

   surface 
  being 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  greyish-white 
  colour 
  (PL 
  X. 
  fig. 
  1). 
  One 
  

   lance-head 
  implement 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  peculiar 
  white 
  granular 
  flint, 
  

   which 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  Chalk 
  about 
  Fawkham, 
  But 
  few 
  flakes 
  

   were 
  found. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  from 
  this 
  district 
  are 
  much 
  

   pitted. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  De 
  B. 
  Crawshay 
  has 
  an 
  admirably 
  worked 
  specimen 
  from 
  a 
  

   Lower-Greensand 
  (Folkestone 
  Beds) 
  pit 
  at 
  Seal 
  Chart 
  Common, 
  at 
  

   the 
  level 
  of 
  500 
  ft. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  shallow 
  pit, 
  worked 
  for 
  road-metal. 
  

   The 
  upper 
  cherty 
  beds 
  are 
  disturbed 
  and 
  displaced, 
  and 
  mixed 
  up 
  

   with 
  white 
  sand 
  and 
  some 
  reddish 
  clay 
  and 
  loam. 
  The 
  specimen 
  

   was 
  found 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  one 
  foot 
  from 
  the 
  surface, 
  and 
  probably, 
  

   from 
  its 
  aspect, 
  in 
  the 
  red 
  clay 
  or 
  loess, 
  a 
  large 
  body 
  of 
  which 
  occurs 
  

   at 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  south, 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  worked 
  as 
  a 
  brick- 
  

   earth. 
  This 
  implement 
  (PI. 
  X. 
  fig. 
  8) 
  is 
  flat, 
  finely 
  worked 
  to 
  a 
  sharp 
  

   point 
  and 
  edges, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  delicate 
  white 
  porcellaneous 
  surface, 
  but 
  

   the 
  butt 
  end 
  has 
  been 
  broken 
  off. 
  It 
  resembles 
  very 
  closely, 
  both 
  in 
  

   appearance 
  and 
  workmanship, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  flint 
  implements 
  from 
  

   Warean's 
  pit 
  at 
  St. 
  Acheul 
  (Amiens), 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  

   a 
  reddish 
  clay 
  or 
  brick-earth. 
  

  

  The 
  specimens 
  from 
  Seal 
  are, 
  on 
  the 
  whole, 
  larger 
  and 
  ruder, 
  and 
  

   many 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  lance-head 
  type. 
  Several 
  of 
  them 
  also 
  are 
  made 
  

   of 
  the 
  white 
  granular 
  flint 
  just 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  specimen 
  recorded 
  from 
  the 
  river-gravels 
  in 
  the 
  Darent 
  

   Valley 
  is 
  a 
  doubtful 
  rude 
  flake 
  found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Harrison 
  in 
  situ 
  in 
  the 
  

   chert 
  and 
  flint-gravel 
  at 
  Child's 
  Bridge, 
  about 
  30 
  ft. 
  above 
  the 
  stream. 
  

  

  Yery 
  few 
  specimens 
  have 
  yet 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Leybourne 
  Valley. 
  

   Those 
  at 
  West 
  Mailing 
  were 
  in 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  flint 
  river-gravel, 
  and 
  at 
  

   Comp 
  in 
  an 
  apparently 
  older 
  drift 
  of 
  angular 
  chert 
  in 
  a 
  red 
  clay. 
  

   They 
  are 
  of 
  medium 
  size, 
  pointed, 
  and 
  rude. 
  

  

  The 
  Chalk-plateau 
  Specimens. 
  — 
  Passing 
  to 
  the 
  Chalk 
  hills 
  which 
  

   drain 
  northward 
  into 
  the 
  Thames, 
  a 
  remarkable 
  spread 
  of 
  flint 
  im- 
  

   plements 
  has 
  been 
  discovered 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Harrison 
  on 
  the 
  high 
  plain 
  at 
  

   Ash, 
  5 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Ightham, 
  and 
  6| 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Gravesend. 
  

   There, 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  from 
  490 
  to 
  510 
  ft. 
  above 
  O.D., 
  a 
  small 
  outlier 
  

   of 
  Lower 
  Tertiary 
  sands, 
  scarcely 
  rising 
  above 
  the 
  Chalk-plateau, 
  

   covers 
  the 
  Chalk 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  these, 
  again, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  thin 
  scattering 
  of 
  

   drift 
  composed 
  of 
  unstained 
  angular 
  flints, 
  Tertiary 
  flint-pebbles, 
  

   some 
  very 
  subangular 
  much-worn 
  flints 
  uniformly 
  stained 
  of 
  a 
  deep 
  

   warm 
  brown 
  colour, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  fragments 
  of 
  Lower 
  Greens 
  and 
  rag- 
  

   stone 
  and 
  Oldbury 
  Stone, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  rare 
  quartzite 
  pebbles. 
  Mingled 
  

   with 
  these 
  are 
  scarce 
  palaeolithic 
  flint 
  implements. 
  The 
  ground 
  

   has 
  been 
  carefully 
  searched 
  over 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Harrison 
  and 
  De 
  B. 
  

   Crawshay, 
  who 
  have 
  obtained 
  about 
  thirty 
  specimens 
  from 
  these 
  few 
  

  

  