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Foster Place Buildings

Foster Place Buildings

Site Details

Location
Foster Place Buildings
Grid reference
53.34486, -6.26110
Fossil Name
Bivalves
Fossil Type
Marine animals (shells, invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Jurassic
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Building stones of the buildings particularly the pillars in Foster Place
Fossil Info
Grey limestone with grey - white bivalve fossils, these weather out proud and easy to spot - they appear as fragments or intact shells similar to that of an oyster

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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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