Nolton - Where to look for Fossils?

Where to look for Fossils at Nolton Haven?

(Area with plant fossils) - 2007

Look on the surface of the large boulders below ‘Snoopy’s head rock’. You should be able to find numerous large Stigmaria ficoides fossils here.

Also found in the rocks here are many fragments of smaller plants, packed into the shale. These are poorly preserved, however.

Within the cliff here there is also a coal seam that is worth a look.

Large blocks of shale and sandstone - (2007)

Shale with bits of unidentified plants- (2007)

Shale with branched Stigmaria ficoides in foreground and Snoopy Rock - (2007)

Shale with branched Stigmaria ficoides, next to the sea - (2007)

Stigmaria ficoides on large shale block, next to the sea - (2007)

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