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Fossil hunting in Scotland

Scotland's fossil heritage is exceptional — Devonian fish beds, Carboniferous forests and the Jurassic rocks of Skye — but many of the important sites are protected and collecting is tightly controlled under the Scottish Fossil Code.

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Coastline typical of Scotland

The geology

Precambrian rocks in the north-west, Devonian Old Red Sandstone across the Midland Valley margins, Carboniferous in the central belt, Jurassic on Skye and the east coast.

No locations are recorded in Scotland yet. Sites are added once their access and collecting arrangements have been checked.

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