White Horse Stone, ARC WHS 97

The Oxford Archaeological Unit was commissioned by Union Railways Ltd to conduct a field evaluation at land adjacent to the White Horse Stone, as part of a wider programme of archaeological investigations along the route of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. The evaluation investigated a dry valley at the foot of the North Downs escarpment, located immediately adjacent to two reputed megalithic monuments. The White Horse Stone and Smythes' Megalith are usually included in a group of megalithic chambered tombs, assumed to be of Neolithic date, known as the 'Medway Megaliths'. The evaluation discovered no evidence of Neolithic activity associated with these monuments.