William Greenwell

Victorian clergyman and antiquarian whose excavation of a deep shaft at Grime's Graves in 1868-70 proved it a Neolithic flint mine, the first recognised in Britain.

In the archive

• Excavator · Grime's Graves (1868–1870) — Dug the deep shaft now called Greenwell's Pit, revealing the galleries and the miners' tools.

Sources

1. Grime's Graves, Wikipedia
2. History of Grime's Graves, English Heritage
3. Neolithic Flint Mines (Introduction to Prehistory factsheet 7, Philippa Bradley, 2019), The Prehistoric Society

Record created: 18 September 2026 · Last researched: 18 September 2026