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Introduction to Elie

Fossils and Scottish Fossil Collecting in Elie
Midland Valley and Grampian Geological Guide

There are two locations for fossils at Elie, the first is Elie Shore where during scouring conditions and winter months Brachiopods, Bivalves, Sponges and Trilobite fragments can be found. Nearby Wood Haven rocks also contain fossils.


Elie - Midland Vally/Grampian
Last updated: [29/06/05]  last visited 2005
Carboniferous
Written by Alister and Alison Cruickshanks

(Elie Cliffs and Foreshore) - 2005

Location Information

Although the fossils can be poorly preserved at this location, there is plenty to be found and the rocks are full of corals and shells.

(Suitable for families)

Elie is ideal for families, near to shops, excellent parking facilities. Aside from collecting fossils, the beach is ideal for children.

 

Elie has excellent access to the beach, you don't have to walk far and there is a car park at the harbour.

Foreshore, Cliff

The corals are mostly found on the rocks around the foreshore but can also be seen in the cliff face.

ACCESS
RIGHTS
There are 'NO' restrictions to this location

Please follow our national fossil collecting code

A UK Fossils & Discovering Fossils initiative (c) 2006

! IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES !

Common sense when collecting at all locations should be taken and knowledge of tide times should always be noted. You can get easily cut off by the tide, so please ensure you know the tide tables before you visit this location and return in good time.

Other Nearby Locations

Another nearby location where corals and shells can be found in Carboniferous Volcanic Rocks is Kinghorn.

Another similar location in Avon, England is Weston-Super-Mare

Stone Tumblers (Lapidary)


Stone Tumblers are used for tumbling and polishing rough rock, stones and pebbles including those found on the beach and glass.

Whilst collecting fossils, on those days where you come back empty handed, you could collect rocks, stones and glass from the beach and tumble then at home.

These are all high quality machines to give a professional finish to your samples. The tumblers can be used with a variety of grits, most commonly Silicon Carbide Grit and Cerium Oxide. We have a wide range of rough rocks for sale too.

Microfossils are much easier to collect because they are so small that the vast majority of collections only concentrate on large finds. These small finds can simply be found by taking small samples of sands, crags, clays and soft rocks and examining them under a microscope.

We have a wide range of microscopes for sale, both for the study of fossils, but also educational and professional for use in the laboratory. We have Stereo microscopes, Compound Microscopes, Polarising Microscopes and Monocular Microscopes.


We have thousands of Test Sieves for Particle Analysis.

Endecotts Sieves: For accurate dependable results you can't buy a better test sieve than Endecotts. At every stage of manufacture each test sieve is individually inspected.

High Precision Tecan manufactures precision apertures as small as 3 microns for a wide array of applications such as filtering, sieving and nozzles. Its high-performance, ASTM/ISO compliant test sieves satisfy the most demanding fine particle grading requirements.




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