REVIEWED LOCATION

Holtug Chalk Quarry — Rule-Bounded Fossil Collecting Rockhounding Status & Field Guide

A rare protected-site record that still has explicit fossil-collecting rules. The site operator permits examination/take-home of fallen chalk or limestone while banning chipping of the cliff/ground and collection from Fiskeler.

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Important: Never chip the cliff or quarry floor and never collect from Fiskeler. Only work with fallen material where current rules allow.

What is here

Cretaceous-Paleogene chalk and limestone with sea urchins, corals, shark teeth and occasional mosasaur material

Materials / interest: Chalk, Coral Fossils, Fossils, Limestone, Mosasaur Fossils, Sea Urchin Fossils, Shark Teeth

Collecting and access

Collect only from fallen blocks/lumps under Stevns rules. Do not chip the quarry ground or cliff face, and do not collect from the Fiskeler boundary layer.

Parking at Holtug is very limited; the current site recommends parking at Mandehoved and walking via Trampestien. Navigation is therefore not pinned to a quarry-floor position.

Detailed status
verified
Permission
Not flagged
Permit
Not flagged
Fee
Not flagged
Guide
Not flagged
Booking
Not flagged
Surface collecting
yes
Hammering
conditional
Digging
no

Safety

Slippery paths, steep quarry faces and rockfall/landslide hazards.

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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