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Mill Street, Birr

Mill Street, Birr

Site Details

Location
Mill Street, Birr
Grid reference
53.095037, -7.910977
Fossil Name
Crinoids
Fossil Type
Marine animals (shells, invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Easily accessible from the footpath. Several pay-and-display public car parks within walking distance.
Fossil Info
The doorstep of this building and several others in the same terrace is made of very fossiliferous limestone, with densely packed, long, crinoid stems.

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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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