Marcus told me about this place, we hadn't managed to get there. He took me there once, but it was closed. I think it was winter time, it wasn't opened.
This place is run by English heritage, of course, need to pay to get in. Worth paying visit. It's neolithic frint mines. the whole area was digged, and looked really bumpy. I didn't know what to expect from the site, so, just went along.
Next to the car park, there's a little building where you pay and a shop. They have light snacks and ice creams etc... I had a bag of crisps after our visit the mine. I was hungry (again!) People were having picnic there too.
This grey box-like building is where you get in to the bottom of the mine. On the top of windows, there are a few holes. I wondered what they were for, apparently, they were for bats to fly in and out from the mine. Lovely!
Stairs, more like a ladder, to go down is a bit steep, and they only let you go down one at a time. For health and safety, also, they asked you to put a yellow helmet on.
When we were down the bottom, I thought it was really dark and wet, but it wasn't too bad. Quite big area and lit the mine, so, could see what it was like.
Felt like as if someone used to live there! We spend a bit time down, and went back up again. it was busy little place with families.
This whole area was full of mines, One we saw was the biggest one. Rest of them were filled with earth. How did they know frint was deep underneath of the ground there?
"Grime’s Graves is the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain. This grassy lunar landscape of 400 pits was first named Grim’s Graves by the Anglo-Saxons. It was not until one of them was excavated in 1870 that they were identified as flint mines dug over 5,000 years ago.
A small exhibition area illustrates the history of this fascinating site. Visitors can descend 9 metres (30 ft) by ladder into one excavated shaft to see the jet-black flint."
Grimes Graves: Lynford, Thetford, Norfolk - IP26 5DE
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