Guided walk around the Smallmouth sands and The Fleet Lagoon area

This is the booking page for Smallmouth Sands. Below you can view some of the remarkable discoveries from this location. This site is delicate, so bookings are limited. Hammers and digging are strictly prohibited.

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Finds from this location

  • Fish and Shark Vertebrae

  • Chimeara Tooth Plate

  • Synchodus Shark Tooth

157 million year old conifer cone

  • 155 million year old conifer cone

    This fossilised conifer cone is like no other ever found. This specimen has now been donated to the NHM, and research is ongoing.

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  • Chimaera Tooth Plate

    Chimaeras are fish with specialised crushing teeth, adapted for feeding on hard-shelled, bottom-dwelling invertebrates.

  • Mesolithic Flint Tools

    These tools can be found quite regularly when you know where to look, and when to look. There are some nice hotspots. Research ongoing

  • Late Jurassic Conifer Cone

    152 million year old conifer cone.
    This conifer cone was donated to the NHM in return for a lovely CT image. Awaiting the image