Site Details

Location

Cornelscourt Shopping Centre

Grid reference

53.2665803, -6.161326

Fossil Name

Ammonites, belemnites, bivalves, and trace fossils

Fossil Type

Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)

Fossil Age

Jurassic and Triassic

Rock Type

Limestone and mudstone

Access Info

Paving stones throughout the inside of the shopping centre

Fossil Info

The paving stone on the floor of the shopping centre is made of two decorative stones: pale yellow/cream Jura limestone with ammonites, belemnites & bivalves, and a dark green mudstone with abundant bivalves and cross-cutting straight burrows (trace fossils)