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Lepe, Stansore Point elephant bed

Fossil site, tidal Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

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Also reported: other mammals, molluscs, oak and maple wood.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Pleistocene

UK Fossils describes the elephant bed at Stansore Point as famous for elephant bones and other mammal remains.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

tide cut-off in winterUnstable western cliffs

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