Boyce’s Bay
Boyce’s Bay
Site Details
- Location
- Boyce’s Bay
- Grid reference
- 52.15758, -6.899833
- Fossil Name
- Brachiopods, bryozoans, crinoids and corals. Beaconites
- Fossil Type
- Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones). Trace fossil (burrow)
- Fossil Age
- Carboniferous and Devonian (approx. 370 million years old)
- Rock Type
- Limestone and Sandstone
- Access Info
- WARNING! This is a shoreface location so please check weather conditions and tides before you visit. Full access to the rocks containing the fossils at this location is only possible at low tide. Take care as rocks can become slippery when wet. Space for 1 – 2 cars at 52.155768, -6.899524. Access to Boyce’s Bay is via a concrete slip.
- Fossil Info
- Limestone outcrops to the south have long crinoid stems, dense accumulations of brachiopods, bryozoans, horn corals. The Devonian rocks to the north show sandstones, siltstones and mudstones, with palaeosols (ancient soils) and palm-sized dark circles, trace fossils called Beaconites.
