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Zandmotor (Sand Engine), Kijkduin to Ter Heijde
Fossil site, tidal Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Flint and stone toolsAlso reported: woolly mammoth, steppe bison, woolly rhino, musk ox, wild horse, giant deer, reindeer.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: James St. John (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Late Pleistocene (Eemian and Weichselian)
The 2011 Zandmotor used sand partly from deeper Late Pleistocene channels offshore, and mammoth, bison and woolly rhino are the most common finds.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
rip currents near the lagoon, wind
Keep exploring nearby
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