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Virtual Fossil Walk

Join carer support worker Julie Oswald and East Lothian countryside ranger Richard English as they explore the shore and hunt for fossils on this walk at Whitesands near Dunbar.

You can find out more about how to access Whitesands here.

Introduction

Part 1: Rock pools as evidence of ancient trees

Part 2: Rocks of the carboniferous era and coals seams

Part 3: Fossilised colonial corals

Part 4: Fossilised solitary corals and “Dunbar marble”

Part 5: Fossilised sea lily

Part 6: Fossilised brachiopods

Part 7: Fault lines and the dolomitisation of limestone

Part 8: Seaweed, molluscs and lichen

Part 9: Trace fossil

Part 10: Raised Beach

The end (until we can walk together again in person!)

Do you have a favourite place to go walking in East Lothian?

If you would like to share your favourite walks with other carers, please email kirsteen@coel.org.uk using the subject line “local walks”. We’ll post a summary of carers’ comments at the end of Carers Week 2020.

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