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Northern Ireland
Ballintoy, County Antrim
White Park Bay, Jurassic and chalk fossils
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Fossils
Flint and stone toolsAlso reported: Gryphaea.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), James St. John (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Lias mudstone under chalk and basalt; sand cover shifts to expose ammonite beds; National Trust bay.
UK Fossils White Park Bay: Echioceras and Apoderoceras ammonites and Gryphaea from Jurassic mudstone toward Oweynamuck, chalk echinoids and belemnites at Portbraddan; visibility changes with sand cover and sea conditionsView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Rip currentsSlippery mudstone, landslips, steep path back up
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