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Portland Heights Hotel

Purbeck Fossil Tree

  • Fossil
  • Silicified Wood
  • Upper Jurassic

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Location of Geological Feature
Fossil tree stumps and trunks in the hotel gardens. A large tree stands just north of the hotel and there are several more stumps dotted around the lawns and car park.
Fossils
Trunks of conifer trees of the species Protocupressinoxylon purbeckensis.
Rock Type
Silicified Wood
Geological Age
Upper Jurassic
Quarry Location
Isle of Portland, Dorset, UK.
Category
Fossil
Nearest station
Weymouth
Address
Yeates Road DT5 2AN
Date of build
20th Century
Find out more
Photos by Ruth Siddall and Jeremy Young, UCL. 
Portland Heights Hotel — Purbeck Fossil Tree
Purbeck Fossil Tree at Portland Heights Hotel
Purbeck Fossil Tree at Portland Heights Hotel (detail 2)
Purbeck Fossil Tree at Portland Heights Hotel (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall & Jeremy Young

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