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Meeting House Square

Meeting House Square

Site Details

Location
Meeting House Square
Grid reference
53.34495, -6.26535
Fossil Name
Brachiopods, corals, crinoids
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Paving stones (darker ones) in Meeting House Square. Also brachiopods on building stones of the photography museum and along the walls in the alley leading to Eustace street
Fossil Info
Dark grey limestone with white grey fossils, brachiopods, corals and crinoids

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Walk the Dublin Urban Fossil Trail

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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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