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Bowgate Street

Bowgate Street

Site Details

Location
Bowgate Street
Grid reference
53.62098, -9.2234
Fossil Name
Corals, Gastropods
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Pillars and building stones around old gate on Bowgate Street
Fossil Info
Grey limestone with white colonial corals and gastropods

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Coral

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Gastropod

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Pillars on Bowgate Street Pillars on Bowgate Street

Gastropod Gastropod

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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