Grimes Graves

Description:
This is an extraordinary visit! Go underground and experience first hand the conditions of Stone Age man 5000 years ago. Discover the significance of over 400 pits and shafts in these Neolithic flint mines. Descend over 10 metres to the galleries where flint was mined for weapons and tools and wonder at the ingenuity and courage of our distant ancestors. The unusual landscape of Grime's Graves long confused 'experts' with it's series of gentle hollows and depressions - find out what wacky theories were conceived as explanations!Website

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Contact Details:
Website: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/conProperty.24
Address: Lynford, Thetford, IP26 5DE

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