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Verscoyle House, Mount Street Lower

Verscoyle House, Mount Street Lower

Site Details

Location
Verscoyle House, Mount Street Lower
Grid reference
53.33836, -6.24359
Fossil Name
Brachiopods and crinoids
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones) 
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Urban Sites building stone of the pillars and the entrance facade. Take care on the steps. The area has many (pay and display) car parks.
Fossil Info
The roughly finished limestone of the pillars and facade are rich in crinoid fossils, with rare brachiopods. 

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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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