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Athlone Brigade Monument

Athlone Brigade Monument

Site Details

Location
Athlone Brigade Monument
Grid reference
53.42369, -7.9400471
Fossil Name
Brachiopods, corals
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Paving stones behind the Athlone Brigade monument
Fossil Info
Dark grey limestone with white brachiopods, solitary and colonial corals

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Brachiopods

Coral

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

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