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Is this a fossil and if so what of?

bawn79 · 2015-02-15 21:43:07

I was wondering whether this is a fossil and if so what of? Its on a stone within a trivallette fort in Roscommon called Rathra. http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/93140/rathra.html

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15-02-2015 10:43pm

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bawn79

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I was wondering whether this is a fossil and if so what of?

Its on a stone within a trivallette fort in Roscommon called Rathra.

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/93140/rathra.html

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#2 15-02-2015 10:59pm
bawn79

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Bugger can you delete this please - didn't realise that this was mostly about dinosaurs!

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#3 16-02-2015 9:54am
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Naw it's about fossils too. and yea, IMH it is. Looks like carboniferous limestone, with rugose coral fossils weathering out.

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