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Introduction to Barton on Sea

Fossils and Fossil Collecting in Barton on Sea
Your Hampshire Geological Guide and Geology Info

The Barton Clay at Barton on Sea is famous for its hundreds of different species of shells. The beds are also rich in shark teeth, fish and mammal remains. Sharks teeth at Barton can be picked up from the foreshore making this location ideal for all the family.


Barton on Sea - Hampshire
Last updated: [14/03/05]  last visited 2002
Eocene
Written by Alister and Alison Cruickshanks
Fossils & Fossil Collecting in Barton
(Barton on Sea Cliffs) - 2005

Barton on Sea Location Information

Barton on Sea is highly fossiliferious, in particular for shells and sharks teeth. However the right tidal and beach conditions may be needed for sharks teeth and fish remains.

(Suitable, but only on foreshore)

Providing that children DO NOT attempt to climb the landslips, they can collect on the foreshore. Climbing the slippages at Barton on sea is highly dangerous.

       

Excellent access to Barton on Sea, with a large car park, toilets and a cafe.

Foreshore, Cliff

Most of the fossils can be found on the foreshore at Barton on Sea, especially after storms or scouring conditions, but fossils are also commonly found on the slippages especially after rain.
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Please follow our national fossil collecting code

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! IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES !

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.

Other locations similar to Barton on Sea

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.


Stone Tumblers (Lapidary)


Stone Tumblers are used for tumbling and polishing rough rock, stones and pebbles including those found on the beach and glass.

Whilst collecting fossils, on those days where you come back empty handed, you could collect rocks, stones and glass from the beach and tumble then at home.

These are all high quality machines to give a professional finish to your samples. The tumblers can be used with a variety of grits, most commonly Silicon Carbide Grit and Cerium Oxide. We have a wide range of rough rocks for sale too.

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.

We have a wide range of microscopes for sale, both for the study of fossils, but also educational and professional for use in the laboratory. We have Stereo microscopes, Compound Microscopes, Polarising Microscopes and Monocular Microscopes.


We have thousands of Test Sieves for Particle Analysis.

Endecotts Sieves: For accurate dependable results you can't buy a better test sieve than Endecotts. At every stage of manufacture each test sieve is individually inspected.

High Precision Tecan manufactures precision apertures as small as 3 microns for a wide array of applications such as filtering, sieving and nozzles. Its high-performance, ASTM/ISO compliant test sieves satisfy the most demanding fine particle grading requirements.

Metal Detectors


We have a wide range of metal detectors and motion detectors.

Our metal detectors are of a very high quality and are british made by the Viking Company.

Why not take a metal detector when your fossil hunting! you never know what you may find.


We sell a wide range of compasses to both explorers, students to boat owners.

Some field compasses have build in clinometers so you can calculate the height of cliffs.

Our compasses are high quality. They are an essential part of the explorers kit.


All of our fossils are genuine and have been checked carefully, we only buy from reputable sources.

We have a wide range of fossils from low cost budget fossils to expensive stunning display pieces.

Our fossils are of a very high standard and they come from all over the world.



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