Lahinch Beach
Lahinch beach
Site Details
- Location
- Lahinch beach
- Grid reference
- 52.9345999, -9.3496693
- Fossil Name
- Brachiopods, corals, gastropods
- Fossil Type
- Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
- Fossil Age
- Carboniferous
- Rock Type
- Limestone
- Access Info
- Easily accessible from the parking area and the footpath. WARNING! This is a rocky coastal location with uneven terrain. Take care as rocks can become slippery when wet. Full access to the rocks containing the fossils at this location is only possible at low tide.
- Fossil Info
- All along the beach and the footpath past the parking area there are grey limestone rocks with grey and white brachiopods, corals, gastropods
