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Newmount House, Mount Street Lower

Newmount House, Mount Street Lower

Site Details

Location
Newmount House, Mount Street Lower
Grid reference
53.33881, -6.24389
Fossil Name
Brachiopods, corals and crinoids
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Urban Sites building stone of the pillars and entrance facade. Take care on the steps. The area has many (pay and display) car parks.
Fossil Info
The limestones of the pillars and facade are very fossiliferous, with lots of crinoid fossils and some brachiopods and solitary corals.

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Ireland's Fossil Heritage

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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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