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UK & Ireland, England
Warden Point, Isle of Sheppey, Kent
London Clay pyrite fossils
Fossil site, tidal Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Fossils
Shark teethAlso reported: pyritised crabs and lobsters, turtle fragments, phosphatic nodules.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: fast-eroding London Clay cliffs, Britain's premier source of pyritised Eocene fossils since the 1800s
Fossil crabs, lobsters, twig pyrite, shark teeth and bird bones documented from Sheppey for two centuries; distinct fossil locality from the Minster Leas sea-glass stretch
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Serious mudflows and cliff fallsSticky clay that can trap you, tide traps below the point
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