MineArchiveMines in Suffolk
Suffolk's Brandon Flint Mines were worked on and off for around 6,000 years, from Neolithic axe-flint through to the Napoleonic-era gunflint trade that made Brandon the sole supplier of musket flints to the British Army and Navy.
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| Mine | Worked | Commodities |
|---|---|---|
| Brandon Flint Mines | c. 4000 BC–1930s | Flint |
| Bury St Edmunds Chalk Mines | Medieval–By the early 1870s | Chalk |
| Felixstowe and Trimley Coprolite Diggings | 1842–By 1880s | Coprolite |