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Flint mines

Flint mines - Valkenburg

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Material for flint axes, among other things, was mined here by the inhabitants of Limburg about 3300 years before Christ. On this street are the remains of 7 flint mines from prehistoric times. Now a road runs along it, but can you imagine what it used to look like?

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Flint mines
Plenkerstraat 53
6301 GL Valkenburg

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