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Siege of Malta Memorial

Scutella Bed, Lower Coralline Limestone

  • Fossil
  • Limestone
  • Oligocene

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Location of Geological Feature
Main building stone
Fossils
Sand dollars (echinoids)
Rock Type
Limestone
Geological Age
Oligocene
Quarry Location
Xlendi area, Gozo, Malta
Category
Fossil
Nearest station
Tower Hill
Address
Byward Street, EC3R
Find out more

Siddall, R, 2014, Spitfires and Sand-Dollars: The Memorial to the Siege of Malta, Byward Street EC3; Urban Geology in London No. 19.

Siddall, R., 2017, SGI 7. Memorial to the Siege of Malta., SGIs 1-30, London Geodiversity Partnership, p. 10.

Siege of Malta Memorial — Scutella Bed, Lower Coralline Limestone
Scutella Bed, Lower Coralline Limestone at Siege of Malta Memorial
Scutella Bed, Lower Coralline Limestone at Siege of Malta Memorial (detail 2)
Scutella Bed, Lower Coralline Limestone at Siege of Malta Memorial (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Ruth

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