Tag: Erratic

Yorkshire by UK Fossils (UKGE Group)Jun 10, 201010:51 am

Reighton Gap

Reighton Gap is a useful stop along the Yorkshire coast, offering a mix of Kimmeridge Clay fossils and glacial erratics. When exposed, the clay can yield ammonites and marine shells, although productive layers are often covered and depend on scouring tides. The overlying boulder clay is particularly interesting, producing erratic fossils from Jurassic, Cretaceous and even Carboniferous rocks, giving a wide variety of finds in one location.Jurassic, Erratics (Jurassic, Cretaceous, Carboniferous), Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦
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Suffolk by UK Fossils (UKGE Group)Jan 24, 200311:04 am

Benacre

The coast around Benacre Broad brings together eroding Crag cliffs, a shifting shingle barrier and younger wetland deposits. Occasional fossils in flint and other transported stones reward a careful search, while the changing shoreline and important wildlife make this a place to explore with care. Erratics (Cretaceous), Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦

East Riding by UK Fossils (UKGE Group)Mar 16, 20108:17 am

Mappleton

Mappleton’s glacial cliffs release a varied mixture of fossil-bearing stones onto the beach. Jurassic ammonites, shells and Carboniferous corals occur as transported erratics, with chalk and flint among the other rock types. The rapidly changing shore rewards careful observation, but cliff instability and former military activity require particular caution. Erratics (Jurassic, Carboniferous, Cretaceous), Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦♦

East Riding by UK Fossils (UKGE Group)Mar 16, 20108:12 am

Hornsea

The beach south of Hornsea offers a changing mixture of fossil-bearing glacial erratics. Jurassic shells and ammonites, Cretaceous Chalk fossils and Carboniferous material may occur together because ice transported their parent rocks here long after the fossils formed. Erratics (Jurassic, Carboniferous, Cretaceous), Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦♦

East Riding by UK Fossils (UKGE Group)Mar 15, 20101:56 pm

Easington

Easington’s glacial cliffs and foreshore yield fossil-bearing erratics of several ages, with Jurassic shells and Carboniferous corals among the recorded finds. The shore also has scientifically important Pleistocene sediments, but beach cover, erosion and a muddy descent make both exposure and access changeable. Erratics (Jurassic, Carboniferous, Cretaceous), Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦

East Riding by UK Fossils (UKGE Group)Mar 15, 20101:39 pm

Withernsea

Withernsea’s beaches offer a mixture of fossil-bearing stones released from the glacial deposits of Holderness. Ammonites, oysters and corals occur as older fossils in transported rocks. The town provides practical beach access, although sea defences, changing sand levels and unstable cliffs make the collecting conditions very different from an exposed bedrock shore. Erratics (Jurassic, Carboniferous, Cretaceous), Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦

East Riding by UK Fossils (UKGE Group)Mar 15, 20102:04 pm

Tunstall

Tunstall and Sand-le-Mere are known for fossil-bearing glacial erratics, including material much older than the cliffs that contain it. The coast also records a complex Ice Age history, but erosion has seriously affected beach access; do not rely on the former route described in older guides. Erratics (Jurassic, Carboniferous, Cretaceous), Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦

East Riding by UK Fossils (UKGE Group)Mar 15, 20101:49 pm

Ulrome

Ulrome’s eroding clay coast releases a mixture of fossil-bearing glacial erratics, including rocks much older than the Ice Age deposits that contain them. Access is changeable: establish a safe, permitted route before visiting this exposed stretch near Skipsea. Erratics (Jurassic, Carboniferous, Cretaceous), Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦