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Bawdsey Cliffs, Suffolk

Amber shore Documented siteLegal to collect
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

AmberAmber
Shark teethShark teeth

Also reported: phosphate nodules and Red Crag shells washed onto the shingle.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Wikited at English Wikipedia (Public domain), Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Why this spot

Pliocene (Red Crag) and reworked deposits

Amber best found after easterly storms among seaweed and shingle.

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