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An Corran, Staffin, Isle of Skye
Dinosaur footprints
Fossil site, tidal Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
FossilsAlso reported: eyes-only: three-toed ornithopod footprints, ripple-marked Jurassic bedding.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: Middle Jurassic sandstone shore platform bearing some of Scotland's best dinosaur trackways, revealed at low tide
The Staffin trackways are formally documented and interpreted locally by the Staffin museum; this is a protected look-only site
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Slippery algae-covered slabsPrints flood quickly on the incoming tide
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