Coniston Area Fossil Collecting and Geological Guide to Cumbria and thousands of photos

Fossils and fossil collecting in
Coniston Area, Cumbria
Location summary information for collecting fossils in Coniston Area, Cumbria

Coniston

The area of Coniston is quite large, it includes several quarries, several beck's and scree slopes. There is also a number of small cuttings. Graptolites and Trilobites are collected here along with Brachiopods.

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Location Information
	*Once the right sections can be found, there is plenty of fossils to be collected. The hardest thing is knowing where to look.*
	(Not Recommended for Children) Some of the quarries and streams are very dangerious, this location is not recommended for children.
	Coniston is fairly easy to find but the area is so large that finding good fossiliferious sections is hard. You really need to buy the full guide to Coniston and follow it step by step, even then it is easy to get lost.
	Steam, Quarry, Scree Slope The Coniston Area has many sections which are good for fossil collecting. There are several quarries, several cutting sections, a number of streams and scree slopes.
ACCESS RIGHTS	There are 'NO' restrictions to this location

Grid Reference

British National Grid	SD 27922 97324
Degrees	54.36630°N, 3.11086°W

! IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES !

Barrow scree slopes can be very steep and slippery, you should take extreme care. DO NOT climb the scree slopes too high, keep near to the base, it may be easy climbing up, but when you come down again, you will realise how steep it really is.

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