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UK & Ireland, England
Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex
Eocene shells and shark teeth
Fossil site, tidal Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Shark teethAlso reported: Turritella and Venericor shells, ray plates, Nummulites, fish remains.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: Bracklesham Group clays exposed at extreme low tide, shedding 45-million-year-old shells and shark teeth onto the sand
One of the most cited beginner fossil beaches in southern England, finds documented in guide literature for over a century
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Fossil bed only uncovers on big spring lows
WWII-era debris occasionally on the beachFast flood tide
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