Scottish Hunting Locations?

[Ailsa]

Hello I'm very new to fossil hunting I've only been to one place that my dad new of in Stirling and we looked for shale but does anyone know of any other locations in central Scotland and which other types of rocks I should look for/ check? and does anyone know what I could expect to find? I Found some Brachipods and Bivalves on my first trip.

[Paleoworld-101]

My friend just returned from a holiday in Scotland (didn't go fossil hunting though).

I know that a certain shale creek bed near Glasgow produces fish fossils (notably a complete Stethacanthus shark was found there), bit i'm a bit vague on the details. Do you have a geological map of Scotland? I find them very handy for choosing sites to go hunting. Picking a spot that's the right rock type and age for fossils is a must!

Sorry i couldn't be of more help.

[Ailsa]

I'll have a look into that thank you

[Fossildude19]

Hello Ailsa,

Not sure if you ran across THIS WEBSITE in your searches?? Sorry if it is redundant.

A simple Google search for "where to fossil hunt in Scotland" gave me a bunch of results.

Also search for "fossil localities Scotland".

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Edited August 6, 2012 by Fossildude19

[Ailsa]

I did have a look there but those are all in the highlands the only place I found was strawberry wood near Edinburgh? My dad might be taking me there soon but I'll keep looking just want to see if anyone from Scotland or has visited knows of anywhere that isn't posted on those sites.

[Kosmoceras]

Hello, this might have some others. Link If not a bit further south in England there are several good ones.

[Ailsa]

Hello Kosmo is there any good places in the north of England that you know of?

[Kosmoceras]

I know of several. It will take a while to find some, but I will start looking now. In the meantime take a look at this: Link

[Kosmoceras]

Here are a couple of locations -

Stockdale Quarry - Cumbria http://www.stockdale...kfossils.co.uk/

Whitehaven http://www.whitehavenfossils.co.uk/

Seaton Sluice http://www.seatonslu...kfossils.co.uk/

Here are some in south Scotland, Lady Burn is now closed though which is a shame, as some people came along and did lots of damage to the sight. http://www.ukfossils...h Scotland.html

[Ailsa]

Thank you very much

I'm going to go to Aberlady soon because it's close to the beach my mum and dad always used to take us

[Dromeosaur15]

http://www.saltcoats.ukfossils.co.uk/