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PersonCrazybaby
06/8/2005 at 12:13pm
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My husband would like to know if anybody knows where the fossil beach in south west (Dorset?) is and what it is called.  He thinks you can hire bucket and chisel to dig with.  Does anybody out there know where he's talking about.


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PersonAng/Ken
06/8/2005 at 12:32pm
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Lyme Regis or Weymouth both have fossil beachs i beleive


Personreldas
06/8/2005 at 1:22pm
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Charmouth the eastern side of Lyme Regis is the place your looking for, I dont know about tool hire but you can just scrape fossils out of the cliff face.
Reldas


Personavanman
06/8/2005 at 1:54pm
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Go onto the beach at Charmouth from the car park turn left and walk along the bottom of the cliff ...you will find rocks that look like soft slate that have fallen from the cliff face, Small hammer and a bolster type chisel will very easily split them .......you will see the fossils .......if you are lucky.....kept my kids happy for a while and we always found somthing .......now grown up with kids if their own only old fossil about now is me !

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06/8/2005 at 3:30pm
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 Be carefull when removing fossils from cliff faces. Until the fossil has fallen from the cliff it's the property of the land owner. It's also considered anti-ecological as your speeding coastal erosion up.

 Sounds a little nanny state but living on the isle of wight it's how the law lays in these parts.

 Just my 2 cents.

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06/8/2005 at 3:45pm
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I would also be very careful if you are under those cliffs.  They have had a few 'cliff falls' in the area.  (Collapsed cliffs.)


PersonCrazybaby
06/8/2005 at 5:18pm
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Thanks to you all and dont worry we will be careful.  I dont plan to chop down masses of coastline.  We'll just be picking up the odd fossil we see lying around.

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PersonG#Winger
06/8/2005 at 5:55pm
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yes you can hire builders type hammers from the fossil shop at the beech car park in charmouth.
stu.


PersonCrazybaby
06/8/2005 at 6:00pm
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Thanks Stu my husband and kids will be set for the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Persondebbym
06/8/2005 at 6:01pm
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Here's a link to a BBC page about the fossils, there are lots of beaches in Dorset where you can find them, http://www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/content/articles/2005/04/14/fossil_hunting_feature.shtml

Good hunting!

Debbym



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PersonCrazybaby
06/8/2005 at 6:03pm
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Thanks Deb reading it now as I have a glass of wine.

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Personrajdip69
06/8/2005 at 6:06pm
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Weymouth has good ammonite finds.



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