Fossil coral at Strandall, northwest of Poyllvaaish Photograph by Trevor Ford
Numerous
types of fossils can be found in theCastletown
Limestone.These represent species of
shelly organisms now extinct.
This example to the left is a solitary coral which was originally
loosely attached to the sea bed at its pointed end. A soft-bodied
polyp lived at the other end and secreted the calcite which makes
up the fossil
