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Saltwick Bay, Whitby

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Also reported: Hildoceras).

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

Why this spot

Lower Jurassic (Whitby Mudstone, Alum Shale)

Fast tides cut off the bay; classic ammonite ground.

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