Fossils and Fossil Collecting in Wangford
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Wangford Quarry Shell Bed is rich in finds. However the best way to find small mammals and particular molluscs is to take back samples for sieving.

(Not suitable for Children)

Quarries are not suitable for children.

Wangford and Wangford quarry is easy to find. The exposures are also close to the roadside.

Quarry

This is a working quarry location, although the actual Norwich Crag beds are now in the disused part of the quarry. Standard quarry safety wear required.

Other locations similar to Wangford

If you are interested in locations where you can find Mollosc Crag Shells from the Red Crag and Norwich Crag, try Covehithe, Walton-on-naze, Alderton, Ramsholt, Easton Wood, and Bawdsey.

For locations where mammalian remains can be found from the Pleistocene and Pliocene, try Covehithe, Pakefield, Weybourne, Overstrand, Easton Wood or West Runton.

For other locations with the Westleton Beds, try Thorington

! IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES !

Microscopes

Microfossils are much easier to collect because they are so small that the vast majority of collections only concentrate on large finds. These small finds can simply be found by taking small samples of sands, crags, clays and soft rocks and examining them under a microscope.

We have a wide range of microscopes for sale, both for the study of fossils, but also educational and professional for use in the laboratory. We have Stereo microscopes, Compound Microscopes, Polarising Microscopes and Monocular Microscopes.