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UK & Ireland, Wales
Llantwit Major
Col-huw beach, Glamorgan: Lias ammonites
Fossil site, tidal Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Fossils
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: gryphaea, other bivalves.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: banded blue Lias cliffs of the Glamorgan Heritage Coast, ammonites weathering out of fallen limestone blocks
Documented Welsh coast locality in UK fossil guides: large ammonites and bivalves from fallen blocks between Col-huw and St Donats
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Frequent rockfalls from vertical bedded cliffsTide reaches the cliff base on the flanks of the bay
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.