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Where to look for Fossils at Fairlight?


Looking for the 'Cliff End Bone Bed' boulders - (2003)

At Pett Level blocks of the Cliff End Sandstone can usually be found along the foreshore, this layer contains the 'Cliff End Bone Bed' and is packed with bones in a gravel compressed rock.


Searching in the foreshore clay for teeth - (2003)

The Fairlight area is the best location outside the Isle of Wight for Dinosaur remains, generally these can be found anywhere along the Fairlight to Hastings coastline and are mostly fragments. Past Fairlight Cove, the Fairlight clay can be seen exposed on the foreshore, their is a variety of different layers including a dark gray, pinky and pure white layer.

There is also a gray layer seen in the photo above that contains many Unio shells, these can be collected along the foreshore where this layer is exposed. In this layer one can also find a whole range of different bones and teeth, see 'What to find' page.

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