Fossil walk at Barns Ness, near Dunbar

Fossil walk at Barns Ness – Thursday 15 June 2023, 19:00 to 20:30. Free – booking essential

Join geologists from the Edinburgh Geological Society for a short walk exploring the limestone at Barns Ness, and the amazing stories that the rocks can tell of their origin in a warm, shallow sea at the equator. We’ll find lots of fossils, and evidence of changing conditions as different sedimentary rocks formed 330 million years ago. An event for Dunbar Civic Week.

Meet at the east end of the White Sands Beach – NT713772, What3Words: trembles.represent.encloses

Information about White Sands, including directions: https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210569/countryside_and_wildlife/12080/countryside_sites/5

Geology Leaflet: https://www.edinburghgeolsoc.org/publications/geoconservation-leaflets/