Grime's Graves (English Heritage Red Guides) - Softcover

Peter Topping

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848020910 ISBN 13: 9781848020917

Publisher: English Heritage, 2011

Synopsis

Grime's Graves were the first Neolithic flint mines to be recognized as such in England. The shallow depressions - over 400 in all - that create such a mysterious, lunar-like landscape, represent the infilled shafts and pits of these mines, which were dug about 5,000 years ago. Here, prehistoric miners extracted the fine quality, jet-black flint from which they fashioned tools, weapons and ceremonial objects. This guidebook provides a tour of Grime's Graves and explains the history of this extraordinary site from the Neolithic Age to the present day.

About this edition

• Publisher: English Heritage
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1848020910
• ISBN 13: 9781848020917
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 36