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English: A tool made on a nodule of dark brown translucent flint, full of opaque light grey and some coarser inclusions. The knapper has removed most of the cortex from the nodule and then with a hard hammer struck off a large squat flake. This has truncated the previous large flake scars on the dorsal surface and left only slight adjustments to be made to the plan to make a remarkably symmetrical chopper wedge. From the right a tranchet removal has thinned the blade and further small strikes have smoothed the dorsal surface. Discontinuous bifacial semi-abrupt retouch has given the blade a sharp serrated edge. This continues part way down the lateral edges.Decisive hard hammer strikes have secured a comfortable hand grip. A very invasive bold strike across the ventral surface makes a thumb grip. At the dorsal peak, strikes have blunted the ridge. To match the platform on one corner a facet has been struck on the opposite corner. Where the ventral edge meets the flat back facet the edge has been blunted and left with a scalloped shape to fit the fingers where they meet the palm with the tool held securely. The planning and control of the powerful hard hammer striking to form this tool is impressive. It may be that this is a Levallois tool from The Middle Paleolithic. East Kent has many such find-spots. Unusually for an object this size in an intensively cultivated field close to an old village there is little sign of recent damage and indeed of patination beyond a matt gloss sheen. It may be that from its' position near the top of a hill it may have recently entered the top-soil; having been cycled into the plough zone by erosion and deep ploughing. 2 other worked fragments on this footpath were small flake/blade material and likely Mesolithic or Early Neolithic. It may be that with plentiful nodular flint available; judging by the construction of the nearby Cobham church and hall that Neolithic people were continuing to make robust flake tools. Therefore until a similar tool can be referenced, a wide date range will be posted here.