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International Studies Centre, UCD Belfield Campus

International Studies Centre, UCD Belfield Campus

Site Details

Location
International Studies Centre, UCD Belfield Campus
Grid reference
53.3097879, -6.2348789
Fossil Name
Brachiopods, corals
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Street paving stones. Park in the (pay and display) car park near the main entrance to the Belfield campus. Walk north to the building. 
Fossil Info
The paving stones around the main entrance and side entrance of the building are extremely fossiliferous dark grey Irish limestone. Common large colonial corals; , some brachiopods and solitary corals.

Find out more about the fossils at this site

What does this site look like?

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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