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Rock of Cashel

Rock of Cashel

Site Details

Location
Rock of Cashel
Grid reference
52.519813, -7.890791
Fossil Name
Brachiopods, gastropod
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
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Fossil Info
There are a few brachiopods around the windows of the Hall of Vicars and a gastropod on one of the steps in front of it.

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Rock of Cashel

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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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