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Grimes Graves (English Heritage)
Attraction Information
Thetford
Norfolk
UK
IP26 5DE
Telephone: 01842 810656
Web: Visit Website
Opening Period: Spring to Autumn
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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 A134Facilities:
Disabled Access
Dogs Allowed On Leads
Free Parking
Groups Welcome
Refreshments
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