rockhounding
UK & Ireland
33 researched sites20 legal to collect
Alston Moor, England: fluorite & witheriteMineral locality · Restricted
›An Corran, Staffin, Isle of Skye: dinosaur footprintsFossil site · Restricted
›Aust Cliff, Severn Estuary: Rhaetian bone bedFossil site · Legal to collect
›Barton on Sea, Hampshire: Eocene shellsFossil site · Legal to collect
›Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex: Eocene shells and shark teethFossil site · Legal to collect
›Burn Anne, Galston, Ayrshire: blue agatesAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Cairngorms: cairngorm quartzCrystal locality · Restricted
›Castleton: Blue John fluoriteMineral locality · Restricted
›Charmouth & Lyme Regis: Jurassic Coast fossilsFossil site · Legal to collect
›Cligga Head, Cornwall: greisen tin-tungsten mineralsMineral locality · Gray area
›Copper Coast Geopark, Bunmahon, Waterford: mine heritageMineral locality · Restricted
›Dolgellau gold belt, Bontddu, Gwynedd: Welsh goldGold ground · Permission required
›Folkestone, Kent: pyrite ammonitesFossil site · Legal to collect
›Herne Bay: Beltinge / Bishopstone, Kent: Eocene shark teethFossil site · Legal to collect
›Hook Head, Wexford: Carboniferous crinoid pavementsFossil site · Restricted
›Isle of Wight: dinosaur coastFossil site · Legal to collect
›Kildonan Burn, Helmsdale: Baile an Or gold panningGold ground · Licence or permit
›Kilve, Somerset: ammonitesFossil site · Legal to collect
›King's Dyke, Whittlesey: Oxford Clay ammonite pitFossil site · Open
›Leadhills & Wanlockhead: gold & lead mineralsGold ground · Permission required
›Llantwit Major: Col-huw beach, Glamorgan: Lias ammonitesFossil site · Legal to collect
›Montrose / Usan, Scotland: agateAgate beach or gravel · Legal to collect
›Port Mulgrave / Runswick Bay, Yorkshire: ammonites and jetFossil site · Legal to collect
›Portsoy, Scotland: serpentine marbleMineral locality · Legal to collect
›Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire: ammonitesFossil site · Legal to collect
›St Just / Botallack, Cornwall: mine mineralsMineral locality · Restricted
›Streedagh, Sligo: fossil coral strandFossil site · Restricted
›The Lizard, Cornwall: serpentineMineral locality · Legal to collect
›Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex: Red Crag shark teethFossil site · Legal to collect
›Warden Point, Isle of Sheppey, Kent: London Clay pyrite fossilsFossil site · Legal to collect
›Weardale, England: green fluoriteMineral locality · Permission required
›Whitby: jet & ammonitesFossil site · Legal to collect
›Wren's Nest, Dudley: Silurian trilobitesFossil site · Restricted
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