﻿PALEOLITHIC 
  FLINT 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  IN 
  KENT. 
  293 
  

  

  carry 
  back 
  these 
  rude 
  works 
  of 
  early 
  man 
  to 
  a 
  period 
  long 
  anterior 
  

   to 
  the 
  " 
  valley-gravels 
  " 
  formed 
  under 
  the 
  present 
  river 
  regime 
  ; 
  and 
  

   for 
  reasons 
  already 
  given, 
  but 
  which 
  I 
  hope 
  to 
  develop 
  more 
  fully 
  

   on 
  a 
  future 
  occasion, 
  they 
  may, 
  I 
  think, 
  prove 
  even 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  

   an 
  early 
  stage 
  of 
  the 
  Glacial 
  or 
  Preglacial 
  Period. 
  The 
  condition 
  

   of 
  the 
  implements 
  themselves 
  is 
  certainly 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  

   assumption 
  of 
  extreme 
  age, 
  and 
  they 
  bear 
  also 
  the 
  impress 
  of 
  a 
  

   very 
  primeval 
  art. 
  Many 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  merely 
  rude 
  flint 
  fragments, 
  

   very 
  slightly 
  fashioned 
  ; 
  others 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  natural 
  flakes 
  just 
  chipped 
  

   on 
  the 
  edges. 
  Still 
  they 
  show 
  workmanship, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  sufficient 
  

   number 
  of 
  undoubted 
  small 
  pointed 
  forms 
  to 
  corroborate 
  the 
  arti- 
  

   ficial 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  whole. 
  

  

  Before 
  concluding 
  I 
  may 
  mention 
  that 
  the 
  palaeolithic 
  surface- 
  

   flints 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  Kent 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  Ightham 
  

   district. 
  Mr. 
  Montgomery 
  Bell, 
  of 
  Limpsfield, 
  has 
  made 
  a 
  large 
  

   and 
  interesting 
  collection 
  of 
  specimens 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  

   last 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  years 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Darent 
  

   valley*, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  De 
  Barri 
  Crawshay, 
  of 
  Sevenoaks, 
  has 
  more 
  recently 
  

   found 
  similar 
  specimens 
  in 
  that 
  and 
  the 
  adjacent 
  central 
  district. 
  

   Of 
  these 
  more 
  hereafter. 
  

  

  EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  PLATES 
  IX.-XI. 
  

   Plate 
  IX. 
  

  

  Map 
  slightly 
  reduced 
  from 
  the 
  1-inch 
  Ordnance 
  Map, 
  retaining 
  only 
  such 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  topography 
  as 
  relate 
  to 
  this 
  paper 
  and 
  the 
  contour-lines. 
  The 
  

   small 
  figures 
  give 
  the 
  height 
  above 
  the 
  sea-level 
  (Ordnance 
  Datum). 
  

  

  The 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  Palaeolithic 
  Flint 
  Implements 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  large 
  

   6-inch 
  map, 
  upon 
  which 
  each 
  find 
  is 
  recorded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Harrison. 
  The 
  number 
  

   of 
  dots 
  at 
  each 
  place 
  only 
  indicates 
  their 
  relative 
  number. 
  

  

  The 
  drift 
  beds 
  must 
  be 
  taken 
  with 
  the 
  reserve 
  attached 
  to 
  them 
  at 
  p. 
  274. 
  

   The 
  boundaries 
  are 
  only 
  given 
  approximately. 
  

  

  The 
  boundaries 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  formations 
  are 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Topley 
  from 
  

   the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  Map. 
  

  

  The 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  Red-Clay-with-flints 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  Chalk 
  hills 
  is 
  

   also 
  from 
  the 
  Survey 
  Drift 
  Maps. 
  It 
  includes 
  the 
  Red 
  Clay 
  and 
  Brick-earths. 
  

   The 
  tinted 
  surface 
  gives 
  the 
  breadth 
  of 
  the 
  channels 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  old 
  rivers 
  

   during 
  their 
  earliest 
  stages. 
  This 
  may 
  be 
  somewhat 
  broader 
  than 
  it 
  should 
  be, 
  

   in 
  consequence 
  of 
  subsequent 
  denudation 
  having 
  thrown 
  back 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  contour- 
  

   lines. 
  The 
  heights 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  old 
  river-drifts 
  may 
  have 
  extended 
  are 
  limited 
  

   to 
  the 
  heights 
  to 
  the 
  watersheds. 
  

  

  The 
  small 
  letters 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  places 
  named 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  a. 
  Highfield. 
  e. 
  Hose 
  Wood. 
  i. 
  Patchgrove. 
  

  

  b. 
  Fane 
  hill. 
  /. 
  Broomsleigh. 
  /. 
  Kilnfield. 
  

  

  c. 
  Bayshaw. 
  g. 
  Buckwell. 
  Jc. 
  Coneyfield. 
  

  

  d. 
  Styants 
  Bottom. 
  h. 
  Tyers 
  Knoll. 
  I. 
  Kingsfield. 
  

  

  * 
  Mr. 
  Bell 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  his 
  collection 
  now 
  consists 
  of 
  179 
  whole 
  

   or 
  slightly 
  broken 
  implements 
  ; 
  73 
  fragmentary 
  implements 
  ; 
  65 
  fragments 
  of 
  

   implements, 
  with 
  over 
  100 
  flakes. 
  These 
  were 
  all 
  found 
  within 
  three 
  miles 
  of 
  

   Limpsfield. 
  

  

  