Freshwater - What Fossils can be found?

What Fossils can you find at Freshwater East?

Block with brachiopod cross section

Carboniferous rocks were brought to this part of the coast by glaciers and are now transported by the stream across the beach during high discharge events. The rocks are spread out by the tides and contain fossil corals, crinoid pieces and brachiopods.

Boulders at the base of the cliffs on the west side of the bay occasionally contain Silurian fossils which can be observed where bedding planes are revealed or where erosion has cut across them.

Occasional trace fossils can also be found here

Fossiliferous cobble - mainly brachiopods

Fossils on a bedding plane - found on the west side

Trace fossils on a bedding plane - found on the west side

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