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Tralee Courthouse

Tralee Courthouse

Site Details

Location
Tralee Courthouse
Grid reference
52.2697647, -9.70397
Fossil Name
Brachiopods
Fossil Type
Marine animals (shells, invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Building blocks of courthouse
Fossil Info
Light grey limestone with white brachiopods, sometimes in dense layers, simliar fossils can be seen in building blocks of the Kerry Protestant Hall across the road from the Courthouse

Find out more about the fossils at this site

Walk the Tralee Urban Fossil Trail

What does this site look like?

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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