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Rockwood Parade, Abbeyquarter North

Rock of Cashel

Site Details

Location
Rock of Cashel
Grid reference
54.271240, -8.471773358
Fossil Name
Brachiopods
Fossil Type
Marine animals (shells, invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
The locality is easily accessed from the adjoining footpath.
Fossil Info
The brachiopod fossils here are visible as thinly walled white circles and half-circles in the surrounding dark grey limestone.

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Rockwood Parade, Abbeyquarter North

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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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