Places to visit 6
Isle of Wight Museum of Geology
Sandown
See the
little dinosaur excavated at Yaverland and many other fossils.
The
Curator will also arrange fossil hunts for school parties.
Open all
year.
No entry charge.
Tel: (01983) 404344
Dinosaur
Farm
Military Road, Near Brighstone.
View the giant Sauropod
excavated from the adjacent cliffs in 1993 where it had been
buried
for 120 million years. Opening hours and admission charges on application.
Tel: (01983) 740401
Other exhibitions and fossil hunts are
organised from time to time.
Details from Tourist Information
Centres.
Warning
When exploring the base of
certain cliffs to hunt for fossils, do not be tempted to climb them or
venture around headlands where you may be cut off by the tide. If in
doubt, check with Tourist Information Centres and purchase a tide table.
Further reading
4 Geological Field Guides for:
Culver Cliff
Whitecliff Bay
Shanklin
The South
West Coast
Dinosaur Island
Isle of Wight Council
Fossil Hunting on Dinosaur Island
Practical guide aimed at
children but interesting for all ages
Martin
Simpson
A Short Account of Isle of Wight Geology
H.M.S.O.
Map
I.W. Special Sheet Drift
Edition 1:50,000. British Geological Survey
specialist map for
Geology students.
Tide tables
published
annually