Tag: Bouldnor Formation

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Hamstead Cliff

The early Oligocene beds exposed along the coastline at Hamstead Cliff are exceptionally rich in fossils, particularly remains of mammals, crocodiles, turtles, fish and crustaceans. In addition, a wide variety of molluscs, plant material and fossil seeds can often be found scattered across the foreshore. This stretch of coast is widely regarded as one of the most productive fossil locations on the Isle of Wight, offering a remarkable diversity of finds for those willing to search carefully.Oligocene, Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦♦♦
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Bouldnor Cliff

The early Oligocene beds along the Coastline at Bouldnor Cliff (Near Hamstead) is highly fossiliferous in mammal, crocodile, turtle, crustaceans and fish remains. Molluscs, plants and seeds can also be found simply lying on the foreshore. It’s one of the most productive locations on the Island for Fossils providing a rare glimpse into life on land and in coastal lagoons around 33–37 million years ago. Oligocene, Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦♦♦
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Bembridge

Bembridge Foreland is an important Isle of Wight fossil site, where the Bembridge Limestone and Bembridge Marls are exposed across the foreshore as a broad wave-cut platform and scattered rock outcrops. Best searched on a low tide, these beds are well known for their shelly fossils, especially gastropods and bivalves weathering from the limestone onto the shore. At foreshore level towards the south-west of the bay, the Bembridge Oyster Bed is regularly washed out and is the main source of the site’s vertebrate material, including turtle, crocodile and mammal remains.Eocene, Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦
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Thorness Bay

Thorness Bay exposes a continuation of the fossil-rich Hamstead Beds and Bembridge Marls, linking the classic Isle of Wight localities of Hamstead and Gurnard Bay. Although generally less productive than those better-known sites, the bay can still yield shells, plant remains, insects and occasional vertebrate fossils, particularly after erosion exposes fresh material along the foreshore and low cliffs. Eocene, Oligocene, Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦
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