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Grimes Graves

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noun

  1. an area of Neolithic flint mines in Suffolk, England, comprising more than 300 mine shafts and galleries.


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He grew up on the English Heritage site of Grimes Graves, a prehistoric flint mine in Norfolk.

From BBC Oct. 9, 2021

Horn picks similar to those employed at Stonehenge have been found in considerable numbers at Grimes Graves, where they were used for excavating chalk in order to win flint for implement making.

From Stonehenge Today and Yesterday by Sumner, Heywood

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