(Collecting to Llantwit Major) - 2003 One of the best locations for collecting fossils from Wales is Llantwit Major, expect to find anything here!....the beds are similar to Watchet but ammonites are less common and shells, sponges, corals, echinoids are far more common. There is a vast range of different shells including gigantic 5 inch gastropods and gryphea the size of tennis balls. In short excluding ammonites, everything else seems much bigger here. Bones can also be found both of fish remains and of Ichthyosaurus. The cliffs at Llantwit Major are extremely high and the foreshore is vast, its one of these locations that you get to and you stop to wonder where to start, the main tip is to not try to cover everything, search and concentrate on key areas, the best area is to the east of the cafe where the beach is less built up and cliff falls are more regular, the best area is from approximately half a mile from the cafe. Also like Lavernock, most fossils you have to work for as they will be in rock and not washed out like many of the Watchet fossils. The dark shale areas on the foreshore between the hard limestone are worth a search since this is the location where bones and the giant gastropod can be found. (Llantwit Major) - 2003