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GCR site lists: Palaeontology blocks

Lists of GCR sites for each Palaeontology GCR block are provided in the tables below. Sites are grouped by country and ordered alphabetically within unitary authority. 

Arthropoda

The GCR sites selected for the arthropods [except trilobites] GCR Block represent the British fossil record of the rarer arthropods from the emergence of the group during the Cambrian Period (which ranged from about 540 to 510 million years ago (Ma)). 

More information on this block is provided in the Arthropoda block description

Further details, and site reports for the sites listed in the tables below are available in GCR Volume 35, Fossil Arthropods of Great Britain.

Site list

England

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
2800 Bradnor Hill Herefordshire, County of SO291577
2799 Church Hill Herefordshire, County of SO412738
1584 Perton Lane Herefordshire, County of SO597403
2977 Writhlington North and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire ST703553
1597 Ludford Shropshire CC SO512741
2798 Tin Mill Race Shropshire CC SO460754
2802 Whitcliffe Shropshire CC SO506744

Scotland

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
1581 Rhynie Chert Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire NJ494277
2797 Turin Hill Angus and Dundee City NO526551
2805 Granton Shore City of Edinburgh NT245771
1583 Glencartholm Dumfries and Galloway NY376796
2804 Slot Burn East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire Mainland NS681321
1582 Gutterford Burn East Lothian and Midlothian NT158591
1598 Dunside South Lanarkshire NS748368
2801 Foulden The Scottish Borders NT921552
2803 East Kirkton West Lothian NS990690

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Aves

The GCR sites selected for the Aves [birds] GCR Block represent the British fossil record of Aves from the emergence of the group in the Jurassic Period (which ranged from about 200 to 130 million years ago (Ma)), through the remainder of Mesozoic Era (ending 65 Ma) and through the Tertiary sub-Era (65–1.81 Ma). Important British fossil bird sites of the Pleistocene Epoch are encompassed by the Pleistocene Vertebrata GCR Block.

More information on this block is provided in the Aves block description.

Further details, and site reports for the sites listed in the tables below are available in GCR Volume 32, Mesozoic and Tertiary Fossil Mammals and Birds of Great Britain.

Site list

England

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
815 Burnham-on-Crouch Essex CC TQ920968
576 Walton-on-the-Naze Essex CC TM263230
580 Hordle Hampshire CC SZ254925
579 Lee-on-Solent Hampshire CC SU551016
577 Bouldnor Cliff Isle of Wight SZ375901
581 Warden Point Kent CC TQ955738
582 Abbey Woods Outer London – East and North East TQ480786
578 Bognor Regis West Sussex SZ920979

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Carboniferous – Permian Fish/Amphibia

The GCR sites selected for the Carboniferous-Permian Fish/‘Amphibia’ GCR Block represent the British fossil record of fishes and stem Tetrapoda and Amphibia of the last two periods of the Palaeozoic Era, from about 354 to 251 million years ago (Ma).

More information on this block is provided in the Fish/Amphibia block description.

Further details, and site reports for the sites listed in the tables below are available in GCR Volume 16, Fossil Fishes of Great Britain.

Site list

England

Site code Site name Local Authority Grid Ref
2976 Steeplehouse Quarry South and West Derbyshire SK288554

Scotland

Site code Site name Local Authority Grid Ref
1370 Wardie City of Edinburgh NT245771
2760 Abden Clackmannanshire and Fife NT276874
2759 Ardross Castle Clackmannanshire and Fife NO511008
172 Inchkeith Clackmannanshire and Fife NT293830
2758 Glencartholm Dumfries and Galloway NY376795
2920 Bearsden East and West Dumbartonshire, Helensburgh and Lomond NS529733
2916 Cheese Bay East Lothian and Midlothian NT492856
2756 Foulden The Scottish Borders NT921552
2757 East Kirkton Quarry West Lothian NS990690

 

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Jurassic – Cretaceous Reptilia

The GCR sites selected for the Jurassic-Cretaceous Reptilia GCR Block represent the British fossil record of terrestrial and aquatic reptiles of the last two periods of the the Mesozoic Era (which spanned from 230 to 65 million years ago (Ma)). 

More information on this block is provided in the Jurassic - Cretaceous Reptilia block description.

Further details, and site reports for the sites listed in the tables below are available in GCR Volume 10, Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain.

Site list

England

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
1157 Bugle Pit, Hartwell Buckinghamshire CC SP793121
1156 Roswell Pits, Ely Cambridgeshire CC TL550805
916 Lyme Regis (Pinhay Bay–Charmouth) Devon CC SY321908
914 Durlston Bay Dorset CC SZ035772
1063 Furzy Cliff, Overcombe Dorset CC SY697817
915 Gaulter Gap to Broad Bench (Kimmeridge Bay) Dorset CC SY898789
1064 Smallmouth Sands Dorset CC SY669764
1060 Swyre Head to Chapman's Pool, Encombe Bay Dorset CC SY937773
1198 West Cliff–Kingbarrow–Yeolands & Grove Cliff, Portland Dorset CC SY685729
1242 Black Horse Quarry, Telham East Sussex CC TQ769142
2728 Hare Farm Lane, Brede East Sussex CC TQ832184
918 Hastings East Sussex CC TQ831095
2176 Huntsman's Quarry, Naunton Gloucestershire SP125255
990 New Park Quarry Gloucestershire SP175282
919 Compton to Atherfield Isle of Wight SZ375842
1203 Yaverland Isle of Wight SZ613850
1339 Culand Pits, Burnham Kent CC TQ738616
1244 East Wear Bay, Folkestone Kent CC TR243366
1337 St James's Pit, Norwich Norfolk TG242094
917 Whitby–Saltwick (East Pier–Whitestone Point) North Yorkshire CC NZ901115
3272 Ardley Trackways Oxfordshire SP542256
1110 Chawley Brickpits, Cumnor Hurst Oxfordshire SP475042
912 Kirtlington Oxfordshire SP494199
1065 Shipton on Cherwell Quarry Oxfordshire SP475178
913 Stonesfield Oxfordshire SP392172
1336 Wicklesham Pit, Faringdon Oxfordshire SU292943
1169 Loftus South Teeside NZ735200
1243 Smokejacks Pit, Ockley Surrey TQ112374

Scotland

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
3271 An Corran Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh and Argyll and the Islands NG491685
2851 Kildonnan and Eilean Thuilm, Eigg Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh and Argyll and the Islands NM474875
3257 Lub Score Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh and Argyll and the Islands NG400727

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Mesozoic – Tertiary Fish/Amphibia

The GCR sites selected for the Mesozoic-Tertiary Fish/’Amphibia’ GCR Block represent the British fossil record of fishes and stem Tetrapoda and Amphibia of the Mesozoic Era and Tertiary sub-Era (the first part of the Cainozoic Era), from about 250 million years ago (Ma) to 2 Ma. 

More information on this block is provided in the Mesozoic - Tertiary Fish/Amphibia block description.

Further details, and site reports for the sites listed in the tables below are available in GCR Volume 16, Fossil Fishes of Great Britain.

Site list

England

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
2984 Totternhoe (Chalk Quarry) Bedfordshire CC SP982222
2948 Boxford Chalk Pit Berkshire SU431719
2952 Lyme Regis coast (Pinhay Bay to Charmouth) Devon CC SY327909
3143 Sidmouth Devon CC SY092838
2910 Barton Cliff Dorset CC SZ218930
2900 Durlston Bay Dorset CC SZ035772
2901 Watton Cliff Dorset CC SY451908
2912 Southerham (Lime Kiln Quarries) East Sussex CC TQ426096
2915 Southerham Grey Pit East Sussex CC TQ427090
2914 Burnham-on-Crouch Essex CC TQ921967
2913 Maylandsea Essex CC TL908035
2908 Blockley Station Quarry Gloucestershire SP181370
2898 Lee-on-Solent Hampshire CC SU552014
2909 King's Quay Isle of Wight SZ538941
2906 Blue Bell Hill Pits Kent CC TQ736614
2911 Herne Bay Kent CC TR217691
3008 Pegwell Bay Kent CC TR348640
2907 Sheppey Kent CC TQ955738
2902 Upnor Medway TQ757712
2903 Abbey Wood Outer London - East and North East TQ480786
2899 Kirtlington Old Cement Works Quarry Oxfordshire SP494199
2949 Windsor Hill Somerset ST614451
2904 Bognor Regis West Sussex SZ920979
2905 Bracklesham Bay West Sussex SZ823951

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Mesozoic Mammalia

The GCR sites selected for the Mesozoic Mammalia GCR Block represent the British fossil record of mammals from the emergence of the group in the Triassic Period (which ranged from about 200 to 130 million years ago (Ma)), through the remainder of Mesozoic Era (ending 65 Ma).

More information on this block is provided in the general introduction to the fossil mammals GCR blocks.  

Further details, and site reports for the sites listed in the tables below are available in GCR Volume 32, Mesozoic and Tertiary Fossil Mammals and Birds of Great Britain.

Site list

England

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
547 Durlston Bay Dorset CC SZ035772
546 Watton Cliff Dorset CC SY451908
541 Cliff End East Sussex CC TQ885125
545 Kirtlington Cement Works Oxfordshire SP494199
544 Stonesfield Slate Mines Oxfordshire SP392172
543 Holwell Quarries Somerset ST726450
542 Windsor Hill Quarry Somerset ST615452
2164 Upper Chicksgrove Wiltshire CC ST962296

Scotland

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
777 Loch Scavaig Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh and Argyll and the Islands NG518168

Wales

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
2959 Bridgend Quarries CARDIFF AND VALE OF GLAMORGAN SS895760

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Mesozoic Palaeobotany

The GCR sites selected for the Mesozoic Palaeobotany GCR Block represent the British fossil record of vascular land plants during the Mesozoic Era (which spanned from 230 to 65 million years ago (Ma)). 

More information on this block is provided in the Mesozoic Palaeobotany block description.

Further details, and site reports for the sites listed in the tables below are available in GCR Volume 22, Mesozoic and Tertiary Palaeobotany of Great Britain.

Site list

England 

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
1650 Maggot - Kingbarrow - Waycroft Dorset CC SY691728
2352 Cliff End East Sussex CC TQ887127
921 Covehurst East Sussex CC TQ846101
2390 Huntsman's Quarry Gloucestershire SP125255
2357 Hanover Point Isle of Wight SZ385835
2356 Luccombe Chine Isle of Wight SZ583793
152 Beast Cliff (Robin Hood's Bay) North Yorkshire CC TA002996
153 Botton Head North Yorkshire CC NZ596020
154 Broughton Bank (Hasty Bank) North Yorkshire CC NZ568035
155 Cloughton Wyke North Yorkshire CC TA020951
156 Hayburn Wyke North Yorkshire CC TA011969
157 Hillhouse Nab North Yorkshire CC SE659993
158 Maw Wyke (Hawsker Bottoms) North Yorkshire CC NZ942082
159 Red Cliff (Gristhorpe/Cayton Bay) North Yorkshire CC TA083842
388 Runswick Bay North Yorkshire CC NZ809170
161 Scalby Ness North Yorkshire CC TA037911
162 Whitby to Saltwick North Yorkshire CC NZ901115
937 Stonesfield Oxfordshire SP392172
2354 Hapsford Bridge Somerset ST760495
160 Roseberry Topping South Teeside NZ579126

Scotland

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
2355 Brora Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty NC903030
2351 Culgower Bay Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty NC991117
2350 Eathie Fishing Station Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty NH779635
3321 Lothbeg Point Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty NC962096
2149 Bearreraig River Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh and Argyll and the Islands NG517525

Wales

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
2353 Cnap Twt CARDIFF AND VALE OF GLAMORGAN SS911753

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Palaeoentomology

The GCR sites selected for the Palaeoentomology GCR Block represent the British fossil record of the insects from the emergence of the group during the Devonian Period (which ranged from about 395 to 345 million years ago (Ma)). 

More information on this block is provided in the Palaeoentomology block description.

Further details, and site reports for the sites listed in the tables below are available in GCR Volume 35, Fossil Arthropods of Great Britain.

Site list

England

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
798 Cold Ash Berkshire SU500714
794 Charmouth Dorset CC SY359931
793 Durlston Bay Dorset CC SZ035772
806 Poxwell Dorset CC SY740835
1683 Dumbleton Gloucestershire SP006345
807 Bouldnor Cliff Isle of Wight SZ382907
796 Gurnard Isle of Wight SZ462943
795 St Helens Isle of Wight SZ638899
799 Aust Cliff North and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire ST565895
1486 Stonesfield Oxfordshire SP392172
1525 Auclaye Surrey TQ168388
823 Clock House Surrey TQ176383
824 Smokejack Surrey TQ112374
1488 Bognor Regis West Sussex SZ918984
1487 Dinton Wiltshire CC SU006307
808 Teffont Evias Wiltshire CC ST990311

Scotland

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
1480 Rhynie Chert Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire NJ494277
797 Ardtun Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh and Argyll and the Islands NM379248

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Palaeozoic Palaeobotany

The GCR sites selected for the Palaeozoic Palaeobotany GCR Block represent the British fossil record of vascular land plants during the Palaeozoic Era (which spanned from 540 to 230 million years ago (Ma)). 

More information on this block is provided in the Palaeozoic Palaeobotany block description

Further details, and site reports for the sites listed in the tables below are available in GCR Volume 9, Palaeozoic Palaeobotany of Great Britain.

Site list

England

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
2854 Nostell Priory Brickpit Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield SE403170
362 Plaistow Quarry Devon CC SS568373
302 Middridge Quarry Durham CC NZ252252
2387 Jockie's Syke East Cumbria NY424756
860 Kingwater East Cumbria NY608697
646 Puddlebrook Quarry Gloucestershire SO646183
32 Perton Lane Section Herefordshire, County of SO597403
387 Rockhall Quarry Herefordshire, County of SO423655
2386 Cattybrook Brickpit North and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire ST592834
2852 Wadsley Fossil Forest Sheffield SK318913
433 Targrove Quarry Shropshire CC SO525779
298 Kimberley Railway Cutting South Nottinghamshire SK506454

Scotland

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
47 Rhynie Chert Locality Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire NJ494277
91 Turin Hill Quarries Angus and Dundee City NO493523
1107 Wardie Shore City of Edinburgh NT242771
2853 Kingswood End Clackmannanshire and Fife NT253864
856 Pettycur Clackmannanshire and Fife NT261862
859 Glencartholm Dumfries and Galloway NY376796
90 Auchensail Quarry East and West Dumbartonshire, Helensburgh and Lomond NS342798
2157 Glenarbuck East and West Dumbartonshire, Helensburgh and Lomond NS452747
855 Loch Humphrey Burn East and West Dumbartonshire, Helensburgh and Lomond NS467754
2389 Dunaskin Glen East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire Mainland NS454088
858 Laggan East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire Mainland NR986504
1207 Stairhill East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire Mainland NS452242
365 Oxroad Bay East Lothian and Midlothian NT599848
857 Weak Law East Lothian and Midlothian NT499858
3043 Victoria Park Glasgow City NS541673
389 Lennel Braes Northumberland NT857411
92 Bay of Skaill Orkney Islands HY229197
390 Ballanucater Farm Perth and Kinross and Stirling NN630022
360 Sloagar Shetland Islands HZ227725
386 Whiteadder River The Scottish Borders NT787568

Wales

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
313 Moel Hiraddug Quarries CONWY AND DENBIGHSHIRE SJ061783
30 Pen-y-Glog Quarry CONWY AND DENBIGHSHIRE SJ108423
3343 Brymbo FLINTSHIRE AND WREXHAM SJ295534
314 Teilia Quarry FLINTSHIRE AND WREXHAM SJ079813
1774 Llanbradach Quarry GWENT VALLEYS ST146895
38 Llanover Quarry MONMOUTHSHIRE AND NEWPORT SO297079
34 Capel Horeb Quarry POWYS SN844323
35 Craig-y-Fro Quarry POWYS SN971208
36 Cwm Craig Ddu Quarry POWYS SN962474
366 Llangammarch Wells Quarry POWYS SN937472
2388 Nant Llech Plant Beds POWYS SN836123
43 Freshwater East SOUTH WEST WALES SS022981

 

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Permian – Triassic Reptilia

The GCR sites selected for the Permian –Triassic Reptilia GCR Block represent the British fossil record of terrestrial and aquatic reptiles of the last period of the Palaeozoic Era (the Permian Period, spanning from 280 to 230 million years ago (Ma), and the first period of the Mesozoic Era (the Triassic Period, from 230 to 195Ma), 

More information on this block is provided in the Permian - Triassic Reptilia block description.

Further details, and site reports for the sites listed in the tables below are available in GCR Volume 10, Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain.

Site list

England

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
988 Durdham Down Bristol, City of ST572747
814 High Peak (Sidmouth) Devon CC SY104858
813 Otterton Point (Budleigh Salterton) Devon CC SY077819
2174 Middridge Durham CC NZ252252
2175 Aust Cliff North and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire ST565898
987 Slickstones (Cromhall) Quarry North and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire ST704916
989 Tytherington Quarry North and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire ST662888
811 Grinshill Quarries Shropshire CC SJ525238
986 Emborough Quarry Somerset ST623505
822 Coten End Quarry, Warwick Warwickshire SP290655
812 Guy's Cliffe, Warwick Warwickshire SP293668

Scotland

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
3258 Clashach Quarry Inverness and Nairn and Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey NJ162703
817 Cutties Hillock Inverness and Nairn and Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey NJ184638
826 Findrassie Inverness and Nairn and Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey NJ207652
809 Lossiemouth, East Quarry Inverness and Nairn and Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey NJ236707
810 Masonshaugh Quarry Inverness and Nairn and Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey NJ123692
816 Spynie Inverness and Nairn and Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey NJ222656

Wales

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
2231 Bendrick Rock CARDIFF AND VALE OF GLAMORGAN ST138671

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Pleistocene Vertebrata

Information on this GCR block is provided in the general introduction to the fossil mammals GCR Blocks.

Note that this block also encompasses Pleistocene (1.81–0.01 million yeas ago) birds, fish, reptiles and amphibia, but this fossil vertebrate material is typically rarer than the mammalian material.

Site list

England

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
1167 Barrington Pit Cambridgeshire CC TL384493
1241 Joint Mitnor Cave Devon CC SX744665
1186 Tornewton Cave Devon CC SX817675
1190 Sewerby Cliff East Riding of Yorkshire TA199686
1492 Merlin's Cave Gloucestershire SO556153
1479 King Arthur's Cave Herefordshire, County of SO546156
1200 Barnfield Pit Kent CC TQ595745
1161 Bramerton Norfolk TG295060
1162 East Runton Norfolk TG194430
1197 Sidestrand Norfolk TG255405
1163 West Runton Norfolk TG182432
1196 Weybourne Cliffs Norfolk TG111438
1164 Wretton Norfolk TL677994
1489 Banwell Bone Cave North and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire ST382588
1928 Creswell Crags North Nottinghamshire SK535743
1180 Jubilee - Albert and Victoria Caves North Yorkshire CC SD837655
1191 Kinsey Cave North Yorkshire CC SD804657
1192 Kirkdale Cave North Yorkshire CC SE678856
1187 Badger Hole and Rhinoceros Hole Somerset ST532480
1185 Brean Down Somerset ST292587
1183 Bridged Pot, Savory's Hole Somerset ST526487
1188 Picken's Hole and Beeche's Hole Somerset ST397550
1189 Sun Hole Somerset ST467541
1304 Fox Hole Cave South and West Derbyshire SK100663
1181 Elderbush Cave Staffordshire CC SK097549
1182 Ossoms Cave Staffordshire CC SK096557
1199 Easton Bavents Suffolk TM512772
1165 Hoxne Suffolk TM175767
1195 Stoke Tunnel Suffolk TM160434
1166 Stutton Suffolk TM142332
1201 Selsey West Sussex SZ860925

Scotland

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
1491 Bear Cave Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty NC276171
1490 Creag nan Uamh Caves Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty NC268170

Wales

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
1316 Cae Gwyn and Ffynnon Beuno Caves CONWY AND DENBIGHSHIRE SJ085724
1269 Cefn and Galltfaenan Caves CONWY AND DENBIGHSHIRE SJ021705
1268 Pontnewydd Cave CONWY AND DENBIGHSHIRE SJ015711
1317 Hoyle's Mouth Cave SOUTH WEST WALES SN112003
1193 Bacon Hole SWANSEA SS561868
1318 Bosco's Den SWANSEA SS559868
1306 Cat Hole Cave SWANSEA SS538900
1305 Long Hole SWANSEA SS451851
1194 Minchin Hole SWANSEA SS555869

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Silurian – Devonian Chordata

The GCR sites selected for the Silurian-Devonian Chordata GCR Block represent the British fossil record of fishes of two periods in the middle of the Palaeozoic Era from about 438 to 355 million years ago (Ma).

More information on this block is provided in the Silurian – Devonian Chordata block description.

Further details, and site reports for the sites listed in the tables below are available in GCR Volume 16, Fossil Fishes of Great Britain.

Site list

England

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
2246 Bedruthan Steps Cornwall and Isles of Scilly SW848696
2244 Mill Rock Devon CC SS455432
2166 Lydney Gloucestershire SO652016
1617 Tite's Point, (Purton Passage) Gloucestershire SO686045
1615 Bradnor Hill Quarry Herefordshire, County of SO291577
1616 Church Hill Quarry Herefordshire, County of SO412738
2054 Downton Castle area (Castle Bridge Mill Quarry) Herefordshire, County of SO443743
2055 Downton Castle area (Downton Castle Bridge) Herefordshire, County of SO445742
2058 Downton Castle area (Forge Rough Weir) Herefordshire, County of SO456752
2812 Ledbury Cutting Herefordshire, County of SO712385
1727 Wayne Herbert Quarry Herefordshire, County of SO335320
2056 Portishead North and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire ST461770
1618 Besom Farm Quarry Shropshire CC SO607819
1728 Devil's Hole Shropshire CC SO672929
2059 Downton Castle area (Tin Mill Race) Shropshire CC SO460754
1642 Ludford Lane and Ludford Corner Shropshire CC SO512741
2057 Oak Dingle, Tugford Shropshire CC SO565871
1695 Prescott Corner Shropshire CC SO663811
1641 Temeside, Ludlow Shropshire CC SO519743

Scotland

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
391 Den of Findon, Gamrie Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire NJ796635
356 The Toutties Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire NO881866
947 Aberlemno Quarry Angus and Dundee City NO527550
946 Tillywhandland Quarry Angus and Dundee City NO530536
945 Whitehouse Den Angus and Dundee City NO426396
351 Achanarras Quarry Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty ND149546
364 Banniskirk Quarry Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty ND167578
361 Blackpark, Edderton Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty NH677833
647 Holborn Head Quarry Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty ND079710
353 John o' Groats Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty ND380735
648 Pennyland Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty ND114687
352 Spittal Quarry Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty ND172541
354 Westerdale Quarry Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty ND120516
355 Weydale Quarry Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty ND145653
3139 Dippal Burn East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire Mainland NS693318
392 Slot Burn East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire Mainland NS678320
1078 Boghole, Muckle Burn Inverness and Nairn and Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey NH972540
720 Dipple Brae Inverness and Nairn and Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey NJ330588
1106 Scaat Craig Inverness and Nairn and Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey NJ236565
951 Tynet Burn, Elgin Inverness and Nairn and Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey NJ383621
1168 Ardmore - Gallanach Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh and Argyll and the Islands NM788266
358 Cruaday Quarry Orkney Islands HY247216
357 Wolf's Hole Quarry Perth and Kinross and Stirling NS790981
943 Melby Shetland Islands HU165560
2349 Papa Stour Shetland Islands HU186605
929 Sumburgh Head Shetland Islands HU407078
944 The Cletts, Exnaboe Shetland Islands HU407127
359 Birk Knowes South Lanarkshire NS737346
394 Birkenhead Burn South Lanarkshire NS762359
3140 Dunside South Lanarkshire NS746362
393 Shiel Burn South Lanarkshire NS777290
931 Hawk's Heugh The Scottish Borders NT790714
930 Oxendean Burn The Scottish Borders NT771561

Wales

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
1981 Cwm Mill MONMOUTHSHIRE AND NEWPORT SO311156
1980 Hoel Senni Quarry POWYS SN915222
2263 Cwar Glas Quarry SOUTH WEST WALES SN727247

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Tertiary Mammalia

This GCR block covers the mammal fossil record for the Tertiary period (65 to 2 million years ago).

More information on this block is provided in the general introduction to the fossil mammals GCR blocks.  

Further details, and site reports for the sites listed in the tables below are available in GCR Volume 32, Mesozoic and Tertiary Fossil Mammals and Birds of Great Britain.

Site list

England

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
1254 Creechbarrow Dorset CC SY922824
1253 Hordle Cliff Hampshire CC SZ253925
1251 Bouldnor Cliff Isle of Wight SZ375902
1252 Headon Hill Isle of Wight SZ305856
1250 Lacey`s Farm Quarry Isle of Wight SZ323862
1249 Whitecliff Bay Isle of Wight SZ645865
1248 Abbey Wood Outer London - East and North East TQ481786
1286 Ferry Cliff Suffolk TM278486

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Tertiary Palaeobotany

The GCR sites selected for the Tertiary Palaeobotany GCR Block represent the British fossil record of vascular land plants during the Tertiary sub-Era (which spanned from 65 to 2 million years ago (Ma).

More information on this block is provided in the Tertiary Palaeobotany block description.

Further details, and site reports for the sites listed in the tables below are available in GCR Volume 22, Mesozoic and Tertiary Palaeobotany of Great Britain.

Site list

England

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
719 Cold Ash Berkshire SU500714
766 Pincent`s Kiln Berkshire SU651720
1577 Lake Bournemouth and Poole SY978908
1576 Arne Dorset CC SY970892
1587 Barton Dorset CC SZ207931
1588 Highcliffe Dorset CC SZ195927
779 Harwich Essex CC TM263320
760 Walton-on-the-Naze Essex CC TM267238
1589 Hordle - Beacon Cliffs Hampshire CC SZ254925
1586 Paddy`s Gap Hampshire CC SZ282915
1596 Bouldnor Cliff Isle of Wight SZ375901
1578 Chapel Corner Isle of Wight SZ553936
1591 Colwell Bay Isle of Wight SZ330884
1594 Hamstead Ledge Isle of Wight SZ402918
1593 Headon Hill Isle of Wight SZ305857
1592 Thorness Bay Isle of Wight SZ436926
1590 Totland Isle of Wight SZ323885
1595 Whitecliff Bay Isle of Wight SZ638858
763 Herne Bay Kent CC TR185685
778 Sheppey Kent CC TQ955738
762 Harefield Outer London - West and North West TQ049898
1876 Bees Nest South and West Derbyshire SK241546
761 Wrabness Suffolk TM172323
764 Bognor Regis West Sussex SZ889970
1585 Bracklesham West Sussex SZ775975
765 Felpham West Sussex SZ949993

Scotland

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
932 Ardtun Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh and Argyll and the Islands NM381248

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Tertiary Reptilia

The GCR sites selected for the Tertiary Reptilia GCR Block represent the British fossil record of terrestrial and aquatic reptiles of the Tertiary sub-Era (which spanned from 65 to 2 million years ago (Ma).

More information on this block is provided in the Tertiary Reptilia block description.

Further details, and site reports for the sites listed in the tables below are available in GCR Volume 10, Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain.

England

Site code Site name Unitary authority Grid ref
1343 Barton Cliff Hampshire CC SZ224930
1342 Hordle Cliff Hampshire CC SZ254925
1341 Bouldnor Cliff Isle of Wight SZ375902
1340 Headon Hill Isle of Wight SZ305856
1338 Warden Point Kent CC TQ955738

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