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

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)

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

Kinghorn 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.

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Other Similar Locations

Another similar location where corals and shells can be found in volcanic Carboniferous rocks is Weston-Super-Mare in Avon, England. Also similar and the same age as Kinghorn is nearby Elie

Other locations for Carboniferous Corals are; Portishead in Avon. Mortimer Forest, Shadwell Quarry, Upper Millichope , Llanymynech Quarry, and Wenlock Quarry in the Shropshire District. Along the South West Coast, you can also collect Devonian Corals from Torquay along Hopes Nose and Daddy Hole.

For Corals from Younger period, the Coralline Crag at Ramsholt makes ideal collecting.

Microscopes

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.