Fossil Ammonites

The final location that I visited during the York Residents Festival was the Yorkshire Museum in the Museum Gardens. The collections in this museum are primarily archaeology and geology. There are wonderful displays of archaeological discoveries from Roman York, and from St Marys Abbey, but today I've chosen a display from the geology section.

This shot shows a remarkable collection of ammonites in a slab of rock found in the glacial drift at Hornsea in East Yorkshire. There are said to be 109 ammonites of 3 species in the complete slab. Sometimes large numbers of shells would be collected together by sea floor currents. Over geological time the shells and surrounding mud would harden into rock. Later erosion would sometimes reveal the shells again.

So that's it - seven locations over the two days of York Residents Weekend. I was exhausted after that! I hope you have enjoyed this brief glimpse of the locations that I visited.

Ian

[william wooderson]

I have seen similar, embedded in rock along the shore! (on the coast of Ramsgate).

[Margaret Brown]

Interesting capture, never seen so many together.

[gloria jones]

Interesting image and information :)

[JudithTB]

Nice capture and interesting information.

[Pyrrhula]

Great capture of the fossils and interresting info.

[bkb in the city]

Very cool

[Peter H]

It's been a fascinating series, thank you!

[Dione Giorgio]

What a find! Thank you for sharing this series of very interesting shots.

[Fisher Family]

@will_wooderson @craftymeg @seattlite @judithtb @pyrrhula @bkbinthecity @peadar @sangwann

Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are all very much appreciated.

Time to move on from this series and look at some ot the other places I've visited and events that have taken place recently.

Ian

[Nina Ganci]

amazing to see so many ammonites together. Very interesting indeed

[Fisher Family]

@ninaganci Thank you Nina. There are some super geological specimens on display in the Yorkshire Museum.

Ian