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Leonardo Hotel, Christchurch Place

Leonardo Hotel, Christchurch Place

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Location
Leonardo Hotel, Christchurch Place
Grid reference
53.34292604, -6.2704708143
Fossil Name
Brachiopods, corals and crinoids
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Urban Sites building stone of the hotel facade. The area has many (pay and display) car parks.
Fossil Info
The grey limestone underneath the windows at the front of the hotel is rich in crinoid fossils, with thin brachiopods and rare colonial coral fragments. 

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Ireland's Fossil Heritage

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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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