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Lough O’Flynn

Lough O’Flynn

Site Details

Location
Lough O’Flynn
Grid reference
53.76653279, -8.624953
Fossil Name
Corals
Fossil Type
Marine animals (shells, invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
There is a small car park located a short walk away at Lough O’Flynn recreation area. Follow the flat, paved path to the lake shore. To your left, along the walkway south, abundant solitary and colonial corals can be found in the limestone cobbles and boulders.
Fossil Info
Well preserved solitary and colonial corals are abundant in the limestone boulders along the south-east shore of the lough.

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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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