Fossil Collecting in Gloucestershire, Geological Location Guides

A disused railway cutting, hidden away in a thick forest. This small cutting has good exposures of inferior Oolite. This location is well documented for its Clypeus sinuatus flat echinoid's, but many brachiopods and bivalves also found.

Leckhampton Hill

If your prepared for the steel hill climb, this location has some superb brachiopods and bivalves in a hill-top quarry. The famous 'Devils Chimney' is at the top along with spectacular views. On a good day you can see over the river Severn.

Cliff	Fossils collected direct from cliff face
Foreshore	Fossils collected from the foreshore
Cliff/Foreshore	Fossils collected from the cliff and foreshore
Quarry	Location is a quarry or pit
Stream	Fossils collected from a stream or river bed,
Field	Fossils collected from a farm field
Cutting	Fossils collected from road or railway cutting.
Scree Slope	Fossils collected from hill or mountain scree slope.
Rock Outcrop	Fossils collected from rock outcrops.
Lake / Reservoir	Fossils collected from lake or reservoir banks.
Microfossils	Samples taken back for processing microfossils.

Gloucestershire

	Fossils are common
	Fossils often found
	Fossils are not common
	Fossils rarely found
	Site protected, no collecting permitted, or no access to beach

	Quaternary Neogene Palaeogene
	Cretaceous Jurassic Triassic
	Permian Carboniferous Devonian Silurian Ordovician Cambrian / Pre Cambrian

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