Is it legal to collect at Streedagh, Sligo: fossil coral strand?

Restricted. Within a protected conservation area and a recognised geological heritage site: do not hammer or remove fossils from the rock, look and photograph, at most inspect loose storm-rolled cobbles where local guidance allows

What can you find at Streedagh, Sligo: fossil coral strand?

eyes-only: Siphonodendron colonial corals in section, crinoid debris beds, occasional loose coral cobbles

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Streedagh, Sligo

Fossil coral strand

Fossil site, tidal Documented siteRestricted

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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Fossils

Also reported: eyes-only: Siphonodendron colonial corals in section, occasional loose coral cobbles.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Carboniferous limestone ledges at Streedagh Point packed with colonial corals, a celebrated Wild Atlantic Way geosite

The coral beds are a documented County Geological Site and local walking-guide highlight; also the Spanish Armada wreck beach

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Atlantic swell over low ledgesStrong rips off the point, fast tides across the strand

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