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Compton Bay, Isle of Wight

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: casts, wood, bivalves.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Cretaceous dinosaur coast

Documented Cretaceous fossil coast famous for dinosaur remains, bones and casts.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Cliffs, tides, soft ground

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