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Heritage, Stately Homes & Gardens  Grimes Graves (English Heritage)



Heritage, Stately Homes & Gardens
Grimes Graves (English Heritage)
Child goes FREE
with each paying adult.
Not valid on event days or bank holidays. Not to be used in conjunction with any other offers. valid for 2008 season only
NTAA 2008 W

Attraction Information
VAQAS accreditation
Address:
Thetford
Norfolk
UK
IP26 5DE

Telephone: 01842 810656

Web: Visit Website

Opening Period: Open March to October

Location Map
Grimes Graves in Norfolk is a Neolithic flint mine of extraordinary size and scope.

'Grime's Graves is the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain. Visitors can descend 10m (30 feet) by ladder into one excavated shaft and experience at first hand the conditions of Stone Age man 5000 years ago. The unusual landscape of Grime's Graves long confused experts, with its series of gentle hollows and depressions - find out what wacky theories were conceived as explanations!'

Directions:
Located 7 miles NW of Thetford off A134


Facilities:
  • Groups Welcome Groups Welcome
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  • Shop Shop