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Fossil Beach

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What is recorded here

Fossil-rich beach below Sedbury Cliff, with a marshy and muddy approach from the footpath. Fossils are mostly c. 200 mya and fallen from the top of the eroded cliff, containing Jurassic ammonites, brachiopods and gravel with small crinoid fragments.

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Photo credits
  • Mike Simms, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Nick Mutton 01329 000000, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • don cload, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Milestone Society, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mark Hobbs, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Purchase, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ruth Sharville, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • andy dolman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Rose and Trev Clough, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jaggery, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Faherty, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dennis Turner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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