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Snowdon summit rocks (Yr Wyddfa), Eryri

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Why this spot

Ordovician (Snowdon Volcanic Group) with marine sediments

Marine fossils near the summit show the peak was once seabed.

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