England
Ramsgate, Kent
Pegwell Bay chalk platform, echinoids after storms
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
FossilsAlso reported: bivalves, brachiopods, sponges, washed-up glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Upper Chalk cliffs and wave-cut platform of Thanet; cliff falls and storm waves turn the blocks over.
UK Fossils: most productive after strong winds or scouring when the platform is exposed and waves have turned the blocks; Conulus, Micraster and Echinocorys echinoidsView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Tide cut-off in small bays and cavesCliff falls, rusty metal and glass on the strandline
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