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Ringstead Bay, Dorset

Fossil site Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Also reported: oysters, pyritised gastropods and the Ringstead Coral Bed fauna.

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

Why this spot

Upper Jurassic (Corallian, Kimmeridge Clay)

Landslip terrain; watch tides.

Keep exploring nearby

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