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Goldsmith Hall, Trinity College Dublin, Pearse Street

Goldsmith Hall, Trinity College Dublin, Pearse Street

Site Details

Location
Goldsmith Hall, Trinity College Dublin, Pearse Street
Grid reference
53.3438316, -6.248141862
Fossil Name
Brachiopods, corals
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
The locality is easily accessed from the adjacent footpath.
Fossil Info
Brachiopod fossils resemble white and light grey smiley-faces and circles in the dark grey limestone. Crinoids appear as white and light-grey circles. Colonial corals appear as tightly bunched clusters of small white circles. 

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