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Rockhounding in UK & Ireland
33 researched sites, each with an access tier, evidence tier and site history.
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- Alston Moor, England: fluorite & witherite · mineral · Restricted
- An Corran, Staffin, Isle of Skye: dinosaur footprints · fossil · Restricted
- Aust Cliff, Severn Estuary: Rhaetian bone bed · fossil · Open / legal
- Barton on Sea, Hampshire: Eocene shells · fossil · Open / legal
- Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex: Eocene shells and shark teeth · fossil · Open / legal
- Burn Anne, Galston, Ayrshire: blue agates · agate · Open / legal
- Cairngorms: cairngorm quartz · crystal · Restricted
- Castleton: Blue John fluorite · mineral · Restricted
- Charmouth & Lyme Regis: Jurassic Coast fossils · fossil · Open / legal
- Cligga Head, Cornwall: greisen tin-tungsten minerals · mineral · Gray area
- Copper Coast Geopark, Bunmahon, Waterford: mine heritage · mineral · Restricted
- Dolgellau gold belt, Bontddu, Gwynedd: Welsh gold · gold · Permission required
- Folkestone, Kent: pyrite ammonites · fossil · Open / legal
- Herne Bay: Beltinge / Bishopstone, Kent: Eocene shark teeth · fossil · Open / legal
- Hook Head, Wexford: Carboniferous crinoid pavements · fossil · Restricted
- Isle of Wight: dinosaur coast · fossil · Open / legal
- Kildonan Burn, Helmsdale: Baile an Or gold panning · gold · Licensed / permit
- Kilve, Somerset: ammonites · fossil · Open / legal
- King's Dyke, Whittlesey: Oxford Clay ammonite pit · fossil · Clean
- Leadhills & Wanlockhead: gold & lead minerals · gold · Permission required
- Llantwit Major: Col-huw beach, Glamorgan: Lias ammonites · fossil · Open / legal
- Montrose / Usan, Scotland: agate · agate · Open / legal
- Port Mulgrave / Runswick Bay, Yorkshire: ammonites and jet · fossil · Open / legal
- Portsoy, Scotland: serpentine marble · mineral · Open / legal
- Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire: ammonites · fossil · Open / legal
- St Just / Botallack, Cornwall: mine minerals · mineral · Restricted
- Streedagh, Sligo: fossil coral strand · fossil · Restricted
- The Lizard, Cornwall: serpentine · mineral · Open / legal
- Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex: Red Crag shark teeth · fossil · Open / legal
- Warden Point, Isle of Sheppey, Kent: London Clay pyrite fossils · fossil · Open / legal
- Weardale, England: green fluorite · mineral · Permission required
- Whitby: jet & ammonites · fossil · Open / legal
- Wren's Nest, Dudley: Silurian trilobites · fossil · Restricted