Easkey Pier
Easkey Pier
Site Details
- Location
- Easkey Pier
- Grid reference
- 54.2916, -8.9551
- Fossil Name
- Brachiopods, corals
- Fossil Type
- Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
- Fossil Age
- Carboniferous (approx. 340 million years old)
- Rock Type
- Limestone
- Access Info
- WARNING! This is a rocky coastal location with uneven terrain. Take care as rocks can become slippery when wet. Full access to the rocks containing the fossils at this location is only possible at low tide. Explore the layered limestones to the east of the castle at Easkey.
- Fossil Info
- Grey layered limstones along the coast contain abundant white brachiopods and large solitary and colonial corals.
