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YOUR experiences, reports and comments of Hunstanton |
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Hunstanton - 14/06/2008 by John |
My expectations of the site were high and I was looking forward to bringing some quality fossils home with me, however, I was to be disappointed. Although there are many belamites and bivales in the rocks, most are difficult to extract and fragile. Fossils on the beach in good condition are very thin on the ground and any sharks teeth are very difficult to find. I would not travel any great distances to go looking here. Having said that it is the best of a bad bunch when it comes to sites in Norfolk. |
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Hunstanton Fossils - 29/10/2007 - Paul Burgess |
First time visit to Hunstanton. Having read the reviews on a couple of websites, I set off very enthusiastic for some good finds. Not quite what I expected though. There are many fossils, but many are too delicate, or encased in large rocks to try to remove. After spending the day looking through the loose rocks, I managed some interesting finds... few bivalves, sea urchins, small gastropods. No sign of even the smallest ammonite or crinoid, definately no teeth around. My thoughts on this place... many fossils to look at, but not the place to give you loads of specimens for home. There are many better places for each of the finds I made. Not a place I will rush back to |
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July 2006 - Joe Shimmin |
Excellent and striking cliffs. The red chalk is full of belemnites, but it's useless (and wrong!) trying to extract them from here as they break and you'll probably be told off for eroding the coastline or putting yourself in danger - which is all very true. To collect these fossils, look in the cobbles and boulders that have fallen out of the cliff - there should be plenty around. I collected a few in this way and although the red chalk does have some very tough bits in it, some of them prepared nicely into quite striking display pieces.
If you're visiting for the first time, like I was, you'll probably only find belemnites and maybe a few brachiopods. Bit still, the location is well worth a visit to see those red cliffs. |
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Visit to Hunstanton - G Monger |
Date: Friday 16th September 2005
A coachload of students from Gleed Boys' School led by Mr Dickinson (Head of Science)carried out surveys of the sand dunes. Rockpool habitats were studied with Mr Edwards and the cliffs with Mr Monger. For the second year running finds included what appears to be small brown fossils about 8mm long were found. We will try and photograph it or take it to a local museum. As usual small belemnites and broken shells were the most common finds. The second coach group will visit in October, will update you then.
G Monger
Gleed Boys' Science Department, Spalding |
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