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Malahide Castle

Malahide Castle

Site Details

Location
Malahide Castle
Grid reference
53.4450826, -6.16074282
Fossil Name
Brachiopods, corals, goniatites
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Easily accessible from the public car park. Entrance fee required.
Fossil Info
The paving stones in the butterfly house are made of very fossiliferous grey limestone, with solitary and colonial corals, brachiopods, and even rare goniatites.

Find out more about the fossils at this site

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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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