56 PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS FROM THAMES VALLEY.
the shell-beds of the Orsett Road section.4 They include,
besides a neat little scraper, the well-formed flake represented by
Fig. 5, the edges of which have been remarkably notched through
use.
Fig. 4. Flint Saw. From the Gravel at Ilford, Essex. Actual size.
The deposits of gravel, sand and loam, which constitute the
low-level drift of the Thames Valley, have yielded the remains
of one of the most remarkable fauna ever gathered together in so
Fig. 5. Flake showing signs of use. From the shell-beds in
the Brick-earth at Grays, Essex. Actual size.
4 See Hinton and Kennard, "Contributions to the Pleistocene Geology of the Thames
Valley." Part I. Essex Naturalist, vol. xi. (1901), pp. 336-370.