Skip to main content

UCC Quad

UCC Quad

Site Details

Location
UCC Quad
Grid reference
51.8935889, -8.4924461
Fossil Name
Brachiopods, crinoids
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Building stones of the walls that make up the Quadrangle building
Fossil Info
Light grey limestone with white brachiopods and crinoids, some of the best examples are around the doors inside the west wing on the ground floor

Find out more about the fossils at this site

Walk the Cork 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,

Top