Archaeologia cantiana . es, but have been forcedaway and carried down by the late glaciation causing the warp, in which they are usually found, or are in processof being ploughed out. They may be traced at variousheights, until the lowest beds of the Medway, at Maidstone,Aylesford, and elsewhere, are reached, having suffered manychanges on the way. All the country south of the NorthDowns is destitute of chalk, and although flint pebbles areto be found over every part of the surface, yet they arecomparatively scarce. Consequently, flint implements aremore easily detected there than in country a
Archaeologia cantiana . es, but have been forcedaway and carried down by the late glaciation causing the warp, in which they are usually found, or are in processof being ploughed out. They may be traced at variousheights, until the lowest beds of the Medway, at Maidstone,Aylesford, and elsewhere, are reached, having suffered manychanges on the way. All the country south of the NorthDowns is destitute of chalk, and although flint pebbles areto be found over every part of the surface, yet they arecomparatively scarce. Consequently, flint implements aremore easily detected there than in country abounding inbroken flints. On the other hand, but one chert implementhas been found, and chert is common. So rare are flints,that the neolithic workmen searched for these old gravelbeds, and largely worked up for themselves the palseolithictools. Oldbury Hill constitutes a part of the southern bank ofthe old river running from the south, but it is on the green-sand and is isolated. It is steep on all sides but the north,. 92 PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS been abruptly cut off, south of Plaxtol. It may be conjec-tured that it flowed from the south and west to the spotnamed, draining the country now occupied by the Medway, ata height above the last, at Tunbridge, of not less than 400feet vertically. The Medway has occupied the southern part of the oldDarenth drainage, and sending up arms, so to speak, haswith one of them (the Plaxtol Brook) cut back the BastedChannel, up to the water parting of the two rivers, on ChartFarm. On the terraces are found river-worn implements lying inthe old gravel, presenting evidences of long drifting amongstthe stones in the bed. No. 4 on the list shews great wearfrom river action, and must have come many miles. Thatfrom Buley, No. 9, also shews these characters well. Manyothers have been found, apparently of greater antiquity,and wonderfully worn. These latter, however, must have aword or two said concerning them; they, as seen in the listannexed, are fo
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