I visited Grime's Graves yesterday (Thursday) on the preview day. I have added lots of photos to our page and videos will follow. We were told of an exciting discovery whilst excavating for the new pit access building - here's an exclusive first look. This amazing (and presumably Neolithic) chalk plaque with chevrons was uncovered!. On the surface, the mine-shafts of Grime's Graves appear to be countless. English Heritage reckons that there are 433 of them surviving as shallow pits over 17 acres of Norfolk heath land (take a look at the aerial photograph linked from our page.) Digging with antler picks and in use for only a couple of hundred years in the late Neolithic, the deepest shafts go down 13m (30 feet) into the hard chalk.
Published on April 26, 2024 08:18
