Grattan Beach
Grattan Beach
Site Details
- Location
- Grattan Beach
- Grid reference
- 53.2622569, -9.0648363
- Fossil Name
- Brachiopods, corals, crinoids
- Fossil Type
- Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
- Fossil Age
- Carboniferous
- Rock Type
- Limestone
- Access Info
- Free parking is available along the Seapoint Promenade (R336) adjacent to the beach. Fossils can be seen in the grey limestone boulders at south-east end of the beach, and in the boulders and building stones around the Celia Griffin Memorial Park & Famine Ship Memorial.
- Fossil Info
- Brachiopods are the most abundant fossils at this site, followed by solitary and colonial corals.
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