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Fossil sites in Ireland

Red Hand · 2009-06-25 21:04:24

I collected them as a child, and I used to look along beaches, for crumbly pale-blue, almost-white limestone. I was walking along a beach the other day (Ballybunion beach in Kerry) and came upon such a suitable rock. When I broke it open, there were only a few tiny bivalves in it. So, do you collect them? Where are your…

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I collected them as a child, and I used to look along beaches, for crumbly pale-blue, almost-white limestone. I was walking along a beach the other day (Ballybunion beach in Kerry) and came upon such a suitable rock. When I broke it open, there were only a few tiny bivalves in it.

So, do you collect them? Where are your preferred sites for searching? Found anything interesting?

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#2 29-06-2009 12:21pm

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There was a thread a while back that mentioned a few good locations:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055345440&highlight=ireland

There's also a thread about purchasing fossils in reland (alas, not much info in that one):
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055444028&highlight=ireland

Happy hunting!

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#3 29-06-2009 5:39pm

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Thanks for that Galvasean. I'd forgotten to do a search, wasn't aware there were other threads on it.

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