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Westport Plaza Hotel

Westport Plaza Hotel

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Location
Westport Plaza Hotel
Grid reference
53.800958900, -9.5193457402
Fossil Name
Ammonites, belemnites
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Jurassic
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
The fossils are located in the interior stone floors of the hotel.
Fossil Info
The cream-to-beige-coloured limestone, known as Jura Limestone, forming the interior floors of the hotel building are rich in ammonites and belemnites

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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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