‘Giant’ 300,000-year-old handaxes unearthed in Kent

Discovery of more than 800 artefacts includes some of largest early prehistoric stone tools in Britain

Researchers have discovered some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools in Britain, including a foot-long handaxe almost too big to be handled.

The excavations, which took place in Kent, revealed prehistoric artefacts in deep ice age sediments preserved on a hillside above Medway Valley.