Drinking Fountain
Drinking Fountain
Site Details
- Location
- Drinking Fountain
- Grid reference
- 52.6703557, -8.6250823
- Fossil Name
- Brachiopods, Olivellites
- Fossil Type
- Marine animals (shells, invertebrate animals – without backbones), Trace fossil (burrow)
- Fossil Age
- Carboniferous
- Rock Type
- Limestone and Sandstone
- Access Info
- Paving stones that line the path under the drinking fountain
- Fossil Info
- Dark grey limestone with white brachiopods in the paving blocks that line the path under the fountain. The main paving stones of the footpath contain a prominent pattern of curved lines - these are ancient burrows called Olivellites
