Reconstruction drawing showing Neolithic flint miners at work in a gallery off a main shaft at Grimes Graves. One miner is using a red deer antler pick to remove blocks from the chalk wall, and the other gathers material using an ox shoulder blade.

Date:
2003
Location:
Grime's Graves, Weeting-With-Broomhill, Breckland, Norfolk
Reference:
IC046/012
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

This illustration was reproduced on page 12 of the 2003 English Heritage guidebook for Grime's 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: Dobie, Judith

Keywords

Neolithic Flint Mine, Industrial Heritage, People At Work