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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 teethShark teeth
FossilsFossils
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also 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

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