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Train Station Limerick

Train Station Limerick

Site Details

Location
Train Station Limerick
Grid reference
52.6592248, -8.6247755
Fossil Name
Brachiopods, corals, crinoids
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Paving stones in the plaza outside the train station and the walls along the bicycle ramp
Fossil Info
Dark grey limestone with white fossils, brachiopods, corals and crinoids with the best examples in the walls along the bicycle ramp

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Walk the Limerick Urban Fossil Trail

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Ireland's Fossil Heritage

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, T23 TK30,

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