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Sandstone
- Fossil
- Sandstone
- Lower Carboniferous
Location Details
- Location of Geological Feature
- This is a cobble located on the path between the Anglian Tower and Multangular Tower A pebble of the fossil tree root Stigmaria, with its typical pitted texture. This example is probably derived from glacial erratic gravels.
- Fossils
- Stigmaria fossil tree root
- Rock Type
- Sandstone
- Geological Age
- Lower Carboniferous
- Quarry Location
- Unknown
- Category
- Fossil
- Nearest station
- York
- Address
- Museum Street YO1 7DT
- Date of build
- 1960
- Find out more
- Stone identified by Yorkshire Philosophical Society Geology Group & Ruth Siddall.
Nearby
The closest other recorded buildings.