REVIEWED LOCATION

White Park Bay — North Antrim Loose Fossil Beach Rockhounding Status & Field Guide

A fossil-bearing North Antrim beach where current National Trust material highlights ammonites, belemnites and Gryphaea. The record restricts activity to loose-beach observation/search rather than implying excavation rights.

Conditional statusHigh evidenceregional map precisionCurrent review cycle freshness
Important: This is not permission to excavate protected coast or archaeological deposits.

What is here

ammonites, belemnites and Gryphaea exposed by coastal geology

Materials / interest: Ammonites, Belemnites, Bivalves, Fossils

Collecting and access

Low-impact searching for loose natural fossils on the beach only. Do not dig dunes, disturb archaeological material, excavate cliffs or remove protected/in-situ features.

Use public beach access and remain off sensitive dunes/archaeological areas.

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

Safety

Strong rip currents, rough seas, landslips and isolated beach conditions require caution.

Review status

Access reviewed: 2026-09-13 · Sources reviewed: 2026-09-13 · Next scheduled review: 2027-01-11.

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

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