Llanymynech Quarry Fossils and Fossil Collecting
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If you fancy a change from all the Shropshire Silurian and Ordovician, you could try this Carboniferous quarry which is now fully open to the public as a nature reserve. Search the scree for Corals, Brachiopods and Bivalves.

Llanymynech Quarry has fossils everywhere, but collecting is best done in the scree slopes.

(Suitable for Children)

This location is suitable for Children

Llanymynech Quarry is fairly easy to find and has parking nearby.

Disused Quarry

Fossils are found either in the scree slops and slag heaps on the quarry floor.

Nature Conservation Area
Please stick to the footpath and only collect from the areas within the 'public' area of the quarry.

Other Locations similar to Llanymynech Quarry

Llanymynech Quarry is an excellent location for corals, and it is similar to Clints Quarry in Cumbria.

Other similar locations for Silurian Corals in the Shropshire District are; Shadwell Quarry, Mortimer Forest, Wenlock Quarry, Upper Millichope , Llanymynech Quarry, and Llanymynech Edge. In South West Wales, you can also find Silurian Corals from Marloes Sands. In Scotland, you can also find corals at St Monans

You can also collect carboniferous Corals from;Parkhouse Hill, Portishead and Weston-Super-Mare in Avon, or along the South West Coast, you can also collect Devonian Corals from Torquay along Hopes Nose and Daddy Hole and Castleton in the Derbyshire district..

For Corals from Younger period, the Coralline Crag at Ramsholt makes ideal collecting.