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Westport Post Office

Westport Post Office

Site Details

Location
Westport Post Office
Grid reference
53.8001, -9.51994
Fossil Name
Brachiopods, corals
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Building stones of the Westport Post Office
Fossil Info
Grey limestone with white brachiopods, solitary and colonial corals and crinoids

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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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