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Overstrand
Overstrand’s shore is best explored for loose Chalk fossils and the changing exposures revealed when sand is washed away. Echinoids, belemnites, brachiopods and sponge remains occur in chalk and flint, while…
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Norfolk
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The North Norfolk Coast is well known for its mix of Cretaceous and Quaternary fossil deposits, often found together at the same locations. Cretaceous material commonly includes echinoids, belemnites, and brachiopods, while Quaternary deposits yield bones of Ice Age mammals.
West Runton is the most famous site, where the most complete mammoth skeleton in the UK was discovered. The foreshore also regularly produces fossils such as sponges and echinoids, including Micraster.
Fossil collecting in Norfolk is highly dependent on tides and coastal conditions, with the best opportunities typically occurring during the winter and spring months when erosion is most active.
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West Runton
West Runton brings together two very different fossil worlds: Cretaceous chalk on the shore and the much younger West Runton Freshwater Bed at the foot of the cliffs. The latter preserved…
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Weybourne
Weybourne brings together Cretaceous Chalk, shell-rich Early Pleistocene sediments and glacial deposits in a compact but changeable coastal section. Belemnites and sea urchins occur in the chalk, while the overlying Wroxham…
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East Runton
At East Runton, ancient mammal remains occur beside evidence of powerful Ice Age deformation. Shelly Early Pleistocene deposits appear on the foreshore when sand is stripped away, while enormous glacially displaced…
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Happisburgh
Happisburgh’s rapidly changing shore reveals Ice Age mammal fossils, ancient river sediments and cliffs built by glaciers. Bones, teeth and occasional plant remains reach the beach from the Cromer Forest-bed Formation…
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Hunstanton
Hunstanton’s striped Cretaceous cliffs offer a clear introduction to Norfolk’s marine fossils. Brown Carstone, the thin Red Chalk and pale Ferriby Chalk form contrasting layers, with belemnites, brachiopods, bivalves and occasional…
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Mundesley
Mundesley combines a family seaside beach with a significant Pleistocene fossil record. Today, casual collectors are most likely to find echinoids and sponges preserved in flint, reworked onto the shore from…
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Sheringham
Sheringham’s western foreshore is a condition-dependent fossil locality, where waves sometimes uncover Cretaceous chalk beneath the beach near the lifeboat station. Echinoids, brachiopods, oysters and occasional fish remains have been reported,…
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Sidestrand
Sidestrand’s folded glacial cliffs and displaced chalk masses preserve several very different chapters of Norfolk’s past. Loose Chalk fossils and fossil-bearing erratic pebbles can be found on the shore, while much…
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Trimingham
Trimingham is noted for some of the youngest Chalk exposed onshore in Britain, brought within reach when Ice Age glaciers displaced and folded large masses of bedrock. Near Little Marl Point,…
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