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UK & Ireland, England
Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Red Crag shark teeth
Fossil site, tidal Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Shark teeth
Fossils
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Carcharias), ray plates, Crag shells.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: crumbling Red Crag over London Clay at The Naze, one of Britain's most productive shark-tooth beaches
Classic guidebook locality: shark teeth, ray plates and Crag shells reported constantly in UK fossil guide literature and by the Naze visitor centre
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Active cliff falls and soft mud at the Crag baseRising tides cut off the northern stretch
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.