REVIEWED LOCATION

Gram Clay Pit — Managed Fossil Dig Rockhounding Status & Field Guide

A purpose-built fossil experience with unusually clear rules: visitors can dig using borrowed tools, take home common shells, sea urchins and shark teeth, while bones and other rare finds are handed to the museum.

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Important: Do not keep bones or rare finds; hand them to museum staff for assessment.

What is here

Late Miocene Gram Formation marine clay with shells, sea urchins, shark teeth and vertebrate fossils

Materials / interest: Fossil Shells, Fossils, Sea Urchin Fossils, Shark Teeth

Collecting and access

Paid fossil hunting in the museum clay pit. Common shells, sea urchins and shark teeth may be taken home; bones and other rare finds must be handed to the museum.

Navigate to Lergravsvej 2. Fossil-hunting tickets are sold by the museum and tools can be borrowed.

Detailed status
managed
Permission
Not flagged
Permit
Not flagged
Fee
Required
Guide
Not flagged
Booking
Not flagged
Surface collecting
managed
Hammering
managed
Digging
managed

Safety

Clay pit surfaces may be wet, muddy and slippery; enter at your own risk and use suitable footwear.

Seasonal / timing conditions

Main 2026 visitor season: 23 March–1 November; check current museum notices before travel.

Review status

Access reviewed: 2026-09-13 · Sources reviewed: 2026-09-13 · Next scheduled review: 2026-12-12.

Recheck access, closures, permissions and current source instructions before field travel.

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