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Grime's Graves mine

Grime's Graves mine, United Kingdom. Heritage site, underground, mining flint.

Why Grime's Graves is famous

Late Neolithic flint mining complex worked from about 2600 BC to about 2100 BC, with simple pit mining briefly resuming after about 500 years. Became a guardianship monument in 1931.1,2

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Grime's Graves today

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An example ofSpiennes Neolithic flint minesBritain's Neolithic flint pits, worked about 2600 to 2100 BC, echo a Belgian site that began earlier.1

Sources

  1. Grime's Graves history English Heritage
  2. Wikidata entity Q638485

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Pictures: Timna in de Negevwoestijn; rotspartij "de zuilen van Salomo", Poll, Willem van de / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Dolcoath tin mine, Camborne, Cornwall: miners in a mine shaft, standing on wooden platforms connected by ladders. Photograph by J. C. Burrow, 1890/1910., Burrow, J. C., 1852-1914 (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Earth Observations taken by the Expedition 15 Crew, NASA JSC (Public domain (NASA media, no copyright)); Mijnramp Bois du Caizier, Marcinelle, België. Schacht, Rossem, Wim van / Anefo / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).