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Compton Bay

United Kingdom · Dinosaur bone and teeth, fossil wood · Early Cretaceous, ~125 mya
Satellite view of Compton Bay
Satellite of this ground, not a photograph of the subject · Imagery © Esri

The Isle of Wight’s dinosaur coast. Between Brook Bay and Compton Bay the cliffs crumble onto the beach, and the National Trust, which owns them, points fossil hunters at the loose gravel the last tide uncovered: black, shiny bone with a honeycomb grain, dinosaur teeth, and lighter fossil wood. Big three-toed Iguanodon foot casts sit at the base of the cliffs. Leave those for everyone, leave anything still in the cliff where it is (photograph it and report it), use no hammers, dig nothing, and keep an eye on the tide.

Species and age

Dinosaur bone and teeth, fossil wood · Early Cretaceous, ~125 mya

You can collect here

Open to the public for collecting, and what you find is yours to keep. Check the posted rules before you start: they can change with the season and the landowner.

Where it is

United Kingdom
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