Grimes Graves
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![At Grime's Graves in Norfolk, a wooden structure in a field acts as an information pavilion with a ramp, drawing a crowd of people. It functions as an info pavilion with a ramp. The round structure attracts a group of people.]()
Permanent exhibition within the visitor centre and mine entrance building, landscape interpretation and paper trail.
Grimes Graves, Norfolk, completed 2024, an Ancient Scheduled Monument project funded by NHLF. Architecture Mawson Kerr.
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![Museum visitor interacts with Neolithic tools and projection mapping. The walls of the space include hands-on interactive displays with Neolithic tools, illustrations and diagrams.]()
The design draws inspiration from the site's archaeologists' fieldwork, referencing grid notepads and using raw plywood. Neolithic touch tools, projected animation, and commissioned illustrations showcased objects layered graphic information tells the story of people from 4,500 years ago and reveal the Neolithic people's engineering prowess and geological understanding.
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![A man wearign an orange sweater walking in a field with an A-board way-finding and interpretation sign featuring an eagle illustration, Neolithic tools, and way-finding information.]()
Archaeologists’ ranging poles mark points of interest within a large open and undulating landscape. They connect to a series of handheld printed guides for a range of audiences to help navigate between the different locations. Grime's Graves is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a habitat for rare plants and fauna. The family trail encourages visitors to explore the unique landscape, geology, wildlife, and plant life.
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![At Grime's Graves in Norfolk, a wooden structure is made off timber posts which have engraved dates and interpretation. At the background of the image there are people mingling in front of a graphic panel.]()
Visitors walk along the curved ramp down into the new entrance building to the open mine shaft and encounter key activity dates at Grimes Graves. Starting with today, at the end of the journey, visitors are 4,500 years back in time, prepared to descend into the prehistoric mine.
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![Welcome sign at the park entrance, inviting visitors with open arms to enjoy the serene beauty and recreational activities. On the exterior wall of the pavilion there is a graphic panel with an illustration of a Neolithic man holding a tool.]()
At the site's entrance, visitors encounter a life-size illustration of a pre-historic miner at work. We commissioned this illustration as part of a series of works by Rebbecca Strickson.
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![The photo shows the interior of one of a vast complex of prehistoric flint mines at Grime's Graves in Norfolk. Projections on the stone wall showing a fire pit and two human figures; one standing and one sitting on the floor.]()
Within the mineshafts, visitors descend nine metres below ground into the excavated space dug more than 4,500 years ago. A new film projected onto the pit's walls tells the story of the men, women, and children who risked daily danger in pursuit of their prize.
