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Abbey Street

Abbey Street

Site Details

Location
Abbey Street
Grid reference
52.844706, -8.982470
Fossil Name
Brachiopods, olivelites
Fossil Type
Marine animals (shells, invertebrate animals – without backbones). Trace fossils (burrows)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone and Sandstone
Access Info
Paving stones along Abbey Street 
Fossil Info
All along Abbey street there are plenty of brachiopods on the footpath stones as well as trace fossil burrows (olivelites) in some parts.

Find out more about the fossils at this site

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Ireland's Fossil Heritage

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, T23 TK30,

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