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Horizon House, Hanover Street East 18–19

Horizon House, Hanover Street East 18–19

Site Details

Location
Horizon House, Hanover Street East 18–19
Grid reference
53.3362696, -6.25802444
Fossil Name
Belemnites, ammonites and bivalves
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Jurassic
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Urban Sites street frontage
Fossil Info
The walls of the building are extremely fossiliferous. The white flecks in the rock are abundant worm tubes. Also large oysters and belemnites, and rare ammonites.

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School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, T23 TK30,

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