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Introduction to Nolton Haven

Nolton Haven Fossils and Fossil Collecting
Your SW Wales Geological Guide and Geology Info

A peaceful, secluded bay, a wonderful cliff-top walk and some impressive coal measures plants make Nolton Haven a very pleasant location at which to find fossils.


Nolton Haven - SW Wales
Last updated: [12/07/07]  last visited 2007
Carboniferous
Written by Joe Shimmin

(Nolton Haven, 2007)

Location Information

This location is an SSSI which means that fossils must not be collected from the large boulders and the cliffs. There are, however, many large and interesting plant fossils to be seen which should make up for this.

(Suitable for Children)

Fossils can be observed in the rocks of Nolton Haven Bay without much difficulty. The area to the north is harder to access, however. The path along the cliff top to the main fossil hunting area is not fenced and there is a long drop down to the rocks below.

 

There is a free public car park next to the Mariners Inn at Nolton Haven. Nolton Haven Bay is situated just across the road from here and is easy to access. The walk to the main fossil hunting site takes you up and down cliff top paths and it can be a bit of a scramble to investigate the rocks at the location that the path leads to.

Cliff and Foreshore

Plant fossils are found in large boulders and rocks at the base of the cliffs. In some places, veins of coal can be seen.
ACCESS
RIGHTS

SSSI

All areas of this location are freely accessed but as it is an SSSI, the cliffs and larger boulders must not be damaged.

Please follow our national fossil collecting code

A UK Fossils & Discovering Fossils initiative (c) 2006

Other Locations similar to Nolton Haven

You could also try Little Haven, Writhlington and Radstock in Avon or Whitehaven in Cumbria, Offerton in Cheshire, Besom Hill in Lancashire or New Hay Quarry in Lancashire which is very similar or try Jurassic plant remains from Yorkshire, Scalby Ness, Hayburn Wyke, Filey, Cloughton Wyke and Gristhorpe Bay. In Scotland, you can also try Joppa Shore, Anstruther, East Wemyss or Crail.


! IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES !

There are a few dangers at this site, with the unguarded cliff top path being the most serious. Children should be well supervised if they are taken along this route. Other dangers include being cut off by the tide in one or two places and slipping on sloping rocks. It may be hard to get a mobile signal at Nolton Haven, so be especially sure here to inform someone of where you are going and what time you expect to be back.

Stone Tumblers (Lapidary)


Stone Tumblers are used for tumbling and polishing rough rock, stones and pebbles including those found on the beach and glass.

Whilst collecting fossils, on those days where you come back empty handed, you could collect rocks, stones and glass from the beach and tumble then at home.

These are all high quality machines to give a professional finish to your samples. The tumblers can be used with a variety of grits, most commonly Silicon Carbide Grit and Cerium Oxide. We have a wide range of rough rocks for sale too.

Microfossils are much easier to collect because they are so small that the vast majority of collections only concentrate on large finds. These small finds can simply be found by taking small samples of sands, crags, clays and soft rocks and examining them under a microscope.

We have a wide range of microscopes for sale, both for the study of fossils, but also educational and professional for use in the laboratory. We have Stereo microscopes, Compound Microscopes, Polarising Microscopes and Monocular Microscopes.


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