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On the face of this slab of sandstone are several footprints made by a small... (more)

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This arrangement of sandstone slabs was set up about a decade ago to display... (more)

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The fossils are Gryphaea arcuata from the Lower Lias at Broadford, Skye. They... (more)

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Strange fossil in boulder on the beach below Naish Farm. Could this be... (more)

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Two miles north of Dumbarton, Auchedreoch Muir drains into Murroch Burn, The... (more)

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The Fossils Gallery is dominated by the cast of a Tyrannosaurus rex, called... (more)

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Many fossils, including fish remains, echinoids, brachiopods and bivalves and... (more)

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Many fossils, including fish remains, echinoids, brachiopods and bivalves and... (more)

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Stained glass Ammonite fossils in a detail from one of the windows in Swanage... (more)

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A shop at Cowgatehead, specialising in fossils and other geological specimens.... (more)

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This ammonite fossil, resembling a huge snail, is shown near the base of Brora... (more)

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This tree stands adjacent to Front Street in Stanhope, in the churchyard of the... (more)

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This fossilised tree was found in a quarry at Edmundbyers Cross in 1915. Today... (more)

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This fossilised tree was found in a quarry at Edmundbyers Cross in 1915. Today... (more)

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"The tree is a Sigillaria species, a 30 metre high ancestor of today’s club... (more)

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The rocks at Crail contain some interesting fossils. As well as some impressive... (more)

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Fossil shells in Carboniferous limestone. Despite having passed this spot dozens... (more)

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A number of fossil tree ferns are exposed amongst the rocks on the shore just... (more)

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A rare fossil in gritstone: this is Calamites sp., an extinct tree-like... (more)

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Submerged Forest and peat exposed at low tide on Morfa Beach, Conwy.... (more)

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This old limestone quarry is famous for its fossils.

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These fossil samples were on a flat-topped boulder next to the burn in Dob’s... (more)

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The scallop-like fossil in this view is a Pecten, and it is in the Pabay Shale,... (more)

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There are fossils in the shoreline rocks between Skateraw Harbour and Torness... (more)

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The washfold looks like it has been recently re-built/refurbished and the stones... (more)

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Fallen blocks from the quarry show excellent sections of fossil brachiopods. The... (more)

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The old railway bridge has been built with some interesting stone: this coping... (more)

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Burnett's old village pump now has some ancient sea fossils for company.

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The quarry contains rocks of Carboniferous age. Small fossils can be found on... (more)

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Crinoids are an ancient fossil group which first appeared in the seas of the... (more)

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This is the first major exposure of rock entering the quarry from the south. It... (more)

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Now a nature reserve, Dry Sandford Pit was a former sand and stone quarry. It... (more)

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This is in the churchyard of St Thomas's church in the town centre.... (more)

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Former limestone quarry, now a Shropshire Wildlife Trust reserve. The reason... (more)

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Skye is the best place in Scotland to find Jurassic fossils. At Dunans a... (more)

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On the rocky shore at Caiplie.

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On the rocky shore at Caiplie.

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The stone used for the Chancel Step is full of fossils

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The coastline east of Lyme Regis under 'The Spittles'; most of the... (more)

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Taken from the south-west coastal path.

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The Fossils Gallery is dominated by the cast of a Tyrannosaurus rex called Stan,... (more)

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Besides lots of fragments, there is a trilobite (or perhaps two, top left), a... (more)

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These mussel-like shells are fossils of an animal that lived in the lagoons that... (more)

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On the face of this slab of sandstone are three footprints made by a large... (more)

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This arrangement of sandstone slabs was set up about a decade ago to display... (more)

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A curious pattern on a rock just lying on the shoreline is intriguing. There are... (more)

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The past is less than a stone's throw away on the Somerset coast.

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Lovely fossil in the sedimentary rock at Wine Haven

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