Along Joppa Shore, east of Portobello, tilted Carboniferous rocks record changing seas, river deltas and coal-forming wetlands. Plant remains, crinoid stems and shells link the fossils to those different environments, while the rocky foreshore reveals a long succession from marine limestones to sandstone and coal measures. Carboniferious, Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦♦




