Besom Hill Fossils and Fossil Collecting
Your Lancashire Geological Guide and Geology Info

Besom Hill at first sight can seem fairly poor for fossils, but if you can find the thin 'Marine Bed', you will be sure you change your mind! This Marine Band is Highly Fossiliferious and Fish Teeth, Scales, Fin Spines and other remains, Goniatites, Bivalves are rich within that layer.

Besom Hill at first sight can seem fairly poor for fossils, but if you can find the thin 'Marine Bed', you will be sure you change your mind!. Calamities can usually be found regardless if you successful find any Shale from the Marine Band.

(Not Suitable for Families)

Besom Hill is not suitable for children, the cliff faces are quite high and constantly crumble.

Access to Besom Hill is fairly easy to find, and parking is close by.

Quarry (Disused)

This quarry is disused, there are many good clean cliff sections, spoil heaps and scree slopes. Most of the fossils can be found in the scree.

Other Similar Locations to Besom Hill

If you are interested in collecting plant remains from the Carboniferous, try Little Haven, Nelton Haven, Newhay Quarry near Oldham, or Radstock and Writhlington in Avon which is an superb location, Offerton in Cheshire or Whitehaven in Cumbria which is very similar or try Jurassic plant remains from Yorkshire, Hayburn Wyke, Filey, Scalby Ness, Cloughton Wyke and Gristhorpe Bay. In Scotland, you can also try Joppa Shore, Anstruther, East Wemyss, or Crail.