Fossils in coal

Tewit How

Carboniferous fossils from old coal pits on Tewit How, part of the Preston Moor Colliery.

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Coal from Rabbit burrow

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Pits on Tewit How

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Stems, possibly Calamites

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Stems, possibly Calamites

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Fossil bark

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Fossil bark

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Slide 1: Coal exposed by rabbit burrowing on an old pit. Tewit How, Redmire Moor. December.

Slide 2: Coal pits on Tewit How, Redmire Moor. December.

Slide 3: Fossil plant stems in coal, possibly a Horsetail, Calamites. Collected from Tewit How, Redmire Moor. December.

Slide 4: Fossil plant stems in coal, possibly a Horsetail, Calamites. Collected from Tewit How, Redmire Moor. December.

Slide 5: Fossil plant bark in coal. Collected from Tewit How, Redmire Moor. December.

Slide 6: Fossil plant bark in coal. Collected from Tewit How, Redmire Moor. December.