Sunday, July 4, 2010

Around Dorset: The Jurassic Fossil Beds of Lyme Regis

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Photos (top to bottom): photo1: Lyme Regis seaside promenade with shops, restaurants & collages; photo2: these huts line the beach, thirty + in a row, and are available for rent; photos 3-4: lawn bowling; photos 5-9: fossils in the area of Church Cliffs to the east of Lyme Regis, one of the most productive fossil areas in the UK; photos 10-15: fossils in the area of Monmouth Beach, to the west of Lyme Regis.

See video of the so-called ammonite graveyard on Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis.

1 comment:

KarlS said...

Tod,

The fossils are beautiful and apparently prolific - nice camera shots.
Lyme and Dorset of your picture make me feel like I've been there. those years of watching British "Masterpiece Theater" has had an effect.
Hows the new camera working out?
Karl