Marino Institute of Education
Marino Institute of Education
Site Details
- Location
- Marino Institute of Education
- Grid reference
- 53.373042, -6.2333565
- Fossil Name
- Brachiopods, corals, crinoids, bryozoans
- Fossil Type
- Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
- Fossil Age
- Carboniferous
- Rock Type
- Limestone
- Access Info
- Building stone of the walls, lintels, doorways
- Fossil Info
- The building stone is a densely fossiliferous crinoidal limestone with distinctive blotchy appearance. The limestone contains large bryozoan colonies, thin brachiopods, in addition to extremely abundant crinoid ossicles.