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Written and designed by Roy Shepherd ©2010. Special thanks to my wife Lucinda
Shepherd and
friend Robert Randell for their support, and also to the authors whose works have been consulted.
Fossil locations of Great Britain
friend Robert Randell for their support, and also to the authors whose works have been consulted.
Fossil locations of Great Britain
Geological map
Please select an area of the country you wish to explore. The map is divided into a number of regions which contain locations where fossils can be found. Please note Discovering Fossils is an ongoing project to document the country and you may find some areas are not yet included.
Alternatively you can select the location of interest from the list alongside the map.
Map adapted from the British Geological Survey mapping. Maps are available to purchase from the BGS website.
Geologic time scale (detailed)
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Featured locations
mya millions of years ago
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Palaeogene - Quaternary 65-0 mya
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Bay (Isle of Wight)Barton-on-Sea
(Hampshire)Bouldnor
(Isle of Wight)Bracklesham
Bay (West Sussex)Herne
Bay (Kent)Walton-on-the-Naze
(Essex) †Warden Point (Isle of Sheppey, Kent)Cretaceous 145-65 mya
Beachy
Head
(East Sussex)Dover
(Kent)Durlston
Bay (Dorset) †Fairlight
(East Sussex)Folkestone
(Kent)Hanover
Point (Isle of Wight)Hastings
(East Sussex)Hunstanton
(Norfolk) †Littlehampton
(West Sussex)Peacehaven
(East Sussex)Seaford
Head
(East Sussex)Seven
Sisters (East Sussex)Jurassic 200-145 mya
Bearreraig
Bay (Isle of Skye)
†Brora
river (Sutherland)Burton
Bradstock (Dorset)
†Charmouth
(Dorset)Dunrobin
(Sutherland)Kimmeridge
(Dorset)Llantwit
Major (Glamorgan) †Lyme
Regis (Dorset)Osmington
Mills (Dorset) †Port
Mulgrave (Yorkshire) †Quantoxhead
(Somerset) †Seatown
(Dorset)Triassic and Permian 299-200 mya
Aust
(Avon) †Blue
Anchor (Somerset) †Carboniferous 359-299 mya
Crail
(Fife)East
Wemyss (Fife)Kingsbarns
(Fife)Silurian and Devonian 444-359 mya
Marloes
Sands (Pembrokeshire)