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Fossilised Colonial Coral
Fossilised colonial coral dating from up to 359 millennia ago when Ireland was still a tropical swamp. Later this region turned into an Arctic wasteland, before warming up enough to allow for the early hunter-gatherers. Nowadays, colonial coral fossils can be easily found in limestone areas such as Mulranny in County Mayo, where I found this example peeping through the pebbles. (more…)