REVIEWED LOCATION

Lode Armoured-Fish Fossil Deposit — Protected / No Recreational Collecting Rockhounding Status & Field Guide

Latvia’s Nature Conservation Agency identifies Lode as a protected geological and geomorphological natural monument of world significance, preserving exceptionally complete Devonian fish fossils in clay. The map therefore treats it as protected scientific context, not a collecting destination.

Protected / viewing statusVery high evidenceapproximate map precisionCurrent review cycle freshness
Important: No fossil collecting, digging or hammering is promoted at this protected deposit.

What is here

Middle Devonian clay lens preserving exceptionally complete armoured-fish and lobe-finned-fish fossils

Materials / interest: Fish Fossils, Clay, Fossils

Collecting and access

Protected scientific fossil deposit inside Gauja National Park. No recreational fossil excavation or specimen removal is represented; access to quarry land can also require owner coordination.

Navigation is disabled. Do not enter quarry land or the protected deposit without the required owner/authority arrangements.

Detailed status
prohibited
Permission
Required
Permit
Required
Fee
Not flagged
Guide
Not flagged
Booking
Not flagged
Surface collecting
no
Hammering
no
Digging
no

Safety

Clay quarry terrain can be unstable and slippery; active or former quarry faces can fail without warning.

Review status

Access reviewed: 2026-09-13 · Sources reviewed: 2026-09-13 · Next scheduled review: 2027-09-13.

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

More reviewed places in Latvia

Liepāja Beach — Baltic Amber Surface SearchingSietiņiezis — Protected Devonian Sandstone ViewingStaldzene Bluff — Protected Quaternary Coastal GeologyVeczemju Cliffs — Protected Rocky Vidzeme Seashore

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