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Fossils and Fossil Collecting in Barton on Sea
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| Barton on Sea
- Hampshire Last updated: [14/03/05] last visited 2002 |
Eocene |
| Written by Alister and Alison Cruickshanks |
![]() (Barton on Sea Cliffs) - 2005 |
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Barton on Sea Location Information |
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(Suitable, but only on foreshore)
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Excellent access to Barton on Sea, with a large car park, toilets and a cafe.
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Common sense when collecting at all locations should be taken and knowledge of tide times should always be noted. Although one can be cut off by the tide, this is not a major cause for concern as the slippage's can be climbed. The danger is on the slippage's and on the foreshore especially during winter months. Barton clay can become very soft and dangerous and care should be taken at all times, collecting is not recommended directly after heavy and long spells of rain. Bogs within the slippage's are very deep and sometimes difficult to see. |
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For similar locations, you could try Bracklesham Bay in Sussex, Milford-on-Sea in Hampshire, or Herne Bay in Kent. At Whitecliff Bay on the Isle of Wight, the Barton Beds are also exposed. In London Abbey Wood is also a great place for shark's teeth. If you are interested in other similar locations, you can try the following areas that contains London Clay, try Nacton, Bognor Regis, Ramsholt, Bawdsey, Maylandsea, Levington, or Burnham on Crouch. Isle of Sheppey, Walton-on-Naze. |
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Microfossils are much easier to collect because they are so small that the vast majority of collections only concentrate on large finds. These small finds can simply be found by taking small samples of sands, crags, clays and soft rocks and examining them under a microscope. |
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