Cathedral
Cathedral
Site Details
- Location
- Cathedral
- Grid reference
- 53.275093, -9.05701
- Fossil Name
- Brachiopods, crinoids, Olivellites
- Fossil Type
- Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones), Trace fossil (burrow)
- Fossil Age
- Carboniferous
- Rock Type
- Limestone and Sandstone
- Access Info
- Building stones of the Cathedral, building stones of the pillar caps outside the Cathedral and and paving slabs near the car park
- Fossil Info
- Grey limestone with big white brachiopods, dark grey limestone pillar cap stones with abundant grey crinoid ossicles, and dark grey sandstone paving slabs with prominent pattern of curved lines in near the car park - these are ancient burrows called Olivellites
