Speculative reconstruction illustration depicting Neolithic flint miners performing a ceremony after clearing a pit at Grimes Graves. Objects such as antler picks are being ritually deposited at the base of the shaft.

Date:
1993
Location:
Grime's Graves, Weeting-With-Broomhill, Breckland, Norfolk
Reference:
IC046/003
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

This illustration was reproduced on page 11 of the 1993 English Heritage guidebook for Grimes Graves.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC046 Grime's Graves, Norfolk; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction and Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Dunn, Peter

Keywords

Neolithic Flint Mine, Ceremony, Industrial Heritage, People