Salmon Weir Bridge/Droichead an Dóchais
Salmon Weir Bridge/Droichead an Dóchais
Site Details
- Location
- Salmon Weir Bridge/Droichead an Dóchais
- Grid reference
- 53.27518785, -9.05649
- Fossil Name
- Brachiopods, corals
- Fossil Type
- Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
- Fossil Age
- Carboniferous
- Rock Type
- Limestone
- Access Info
- Fossils found in the paving stones across the road, heading east from the cathedral, and paving Droichead an Dóchais, formerly named the Salmon Weir Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge.
- Fossil Info
- Brachiopod fossils appear white in the dark grey paving stones. Colonial corals appear as tightly bunched clusters of small white circles.
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