Dorset Geology
Ammonites - Tilly Whim / Hedbury Quarry ( S45 )
Top Pic - Black Chert nodules in the Limestone at Tilly Whim ,the chert looks much like the Black Flint in the Chalk
2 Giant Ammonites 'Titanites' visible in a bedding plane . Inset photo of one of the Ammonites.
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Lower Pic - Looking over edge of the Hedbury Quarry floor reveals eroded Ammonites on the Prickle Bed ledge below
The bed is very lumpy and irregular through nodular cementation and bioturbation by Decapod Crustaceans (crabs)
Thalassinoides Burrows and eroded giant Ammonites are also present.
Ref: 8737.47.49
Date: 22/04/2021
Location: SZ 0304 7694 / SY 9928 7679