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Writhlington, Radstock, Somerset

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Also reported: horsetails, Calamites, plant compressions and rare insects in the shale tip.

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

Why this spot

Upper Carboniferous (Coal Measures)

Renowned Carboniferous plant and insect tip.

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