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An Excellent location, you can find almost anything, Ammonites, Shells, Belemnites, Reptiles (such as Ichthyosaurs), Echinoid's and more from the Boulder Clay and Mammalian and Bird Remains from the Forest Bed during scouring conditions.


 

Ramsholt is one of the best locations for fossils in Suffolk yielding Sharks Teeth, Lobsters, Fruit, shells from the London clay, Shells, Sharks teeth from the Red Crag, Corals, Echinoid's, from the Coralline and Complete Crabs, fish remains, Sharks teeth from the basement Bed.


 

Rich Inland Red Crag Pit, a vast variety of shells along with Sharks Teeth and Rays. An excellent location for any keen crag collector.


 

Levington is a location along the River Orwell where London Clay is exposed in large cliffs and on the foreshore. Levington has yielded a large number of reptile remains including one complete skeleton.


 

It has only been in recent years that Bawdsey is once again being washed out by the sea, but this time it is a small cliff North of the famous (now overgrown) 'Red Crag' cliffs. London clay on the foreshore is rich in fish, bird and shark.


 

The Coralline Crag at Broom Pit, is extremely fossiliferious. It is rich in a wide variety of molluscs and bryozoans. You will be sure to come home with plenty of finds. The shells are in excellent condition and some are very large. A site definitely worth visiting.


 

At Easton Wood Cliffs, rich Shell Beds yield a wide range of shells, fish, bird and small mammal remains. There are six shell beds in total, during extreme scours which occur on average once every 10 years, the highly rich bone bearing bed yields many mammal remains.


 

At Easton Bavents, rich Shell Beds yield a wide range of shells, fish, bird and small mammal remains, the Easton Bavents Stone Layer yields a wide range of mammalian remains including deer, mammoth, horse, walrus and whale.


 

The disused part of Wangford Quarry has very thick Norwich Crag Shell Beds, these run for several meters packed with a vast number of various mollusc species and small mammal remains. Below this Larger mammal bones have been found.


 

The disused quarry contains good sections of the Chalky Boulder Clay, seen at Pakefield and Corton. The rain washes fossils out of the beds, and you can find ammonites, belemnites and if lucky, reptile remains on the surface of the exposures.


 

Ammonites, Belemnites and reptile remains can be found in the Boulder Clay, along with many erratic rocks full of shells. The foreshore sometimes yields fossil wood, fossil seeds and bone from the forest bed during times of scouring. This used to be a highly productive site, but the sea defence limits scouring.


 

This recently cleared pit at Capel Green provides an excellent opportunity to collect Red Crag Shells. It is next to the road, disused but has two large clear faces full of shells. In addition, shells can be collected from the quarry floor or nearby heap. Evidence of cross bedding is also clearly visible.


 

Neutral Farm Pit is a classic Red Crag geological site. It is easy to access. The face is showing some signs of being overgrown, but there is still a good area to collect shells from. Neutral Farm Pit is in the village of Butley.


 

Crag Pit Farm is a classic Coralline Crag site notified as an SSSI. It is rich in Bryozoans, and well documented for wave-features in the sands. There are few other fossils, and the shell beds are much deeper down, but it is certainly a location to visit for anyone who is interested in Bryozoans.


 

Very little is known about the Covehithe Shell Beds, exposed on rare occasions. It is believed that they are a rear mollusc deposit within the Baventian stage. Other Fossils such as Echinoid's and Corals can be found in the Glacial Pebble Deposits.


 

Nacton Shore is a location along the River Orwell where London Clay is exposed in a small cliff and on the foreshore. Nacton Shore and Levington area has yielded a large number of reptile remains including one complete skeleton.


 

Along the river Stour, Pleistocene cliffs at Stutton Ness yield the bones of mammoths and deer, whilst foreshore exposures of Eocene London clay yield a wide variety of fossil seeds.


 

This is a new fossil yielding location, only recently exposed. During scouring conditions, Coralline Crag exposed below beach level yields hard blocks full of shells, echinoids, bryozoans and corals.


 

Thorington Pit is now disused, the Westleton Beds sometimes yield the bones of large mammals. Glacial beds can also yield fossils such as shells etc especially on the surface.


 

This very over-grown pit in Wrentham has mounds of Chalky Boulder Clay. A few belemnites can be found here and you may find the odd ammonite, but exposures are very poor. A location for stopping on the way back as it has a handy lay by on the opposite side of the road.


 

A very over-grown pit in Wrentham with areas of Chalky Boulder Clay around the edges of the pit. A few belemnites can be found here and you may find the odd shell, but exposures are very poor.


 

The Glacial Pebble Beds at Benacre yield a range of derived fossils including echinoid's, sponges, shells and belemnites. At the base of the cliff, the Baventian Clay is several metres thick.


 

Below the Glacial Beds at Dunwich Cliffs begins the Norwich Crag. During Scouring Conditions, Mammal Remains can be found below beach level, bones can also be found after storms washed up. Dunwich hasn't scoured for many years.



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