Portrush (Ramore Head foreshore): Rockhounding in Antrim, Causeway Coast and Glens
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Portrush (Ramore Head foreshore) is a mapped rockhounding spot in Antrim, Causeway Coast and Glens, United Kingdom. Reported finds include ammonite. Below: coordinates, access notes, and nearby spots.
About Portrush (Ramore Head foreshore)
The foreshore at Ramore Head exposes the famous Portrush Rock: Lower Jurassic Waterloo Mudstone, around 190 million years old, baked to dark hornfels where the dolerite Portrush Sill intruded it about 60 million years ago. Abundant ammonites remain visible in the metamorphosed rock, and in the 18th century they fuelled the Neptunist versus Vulcanist debate over whether basalt formed in seawater or from molten rock. The site is protected as the Ramore Head and The Skerries ASSI and a National Nature Reserve, so the ammonites here are viewed in place, not hammered out.
Plan your visit
Generally open to casual collecting
- Area
- Antrim
- County / council area
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Postcode
- BT56 8DF
- Coordinates
- 55.21030, -6.65530
Coordinates are approximate. Confirm the exact ground and access before you head out.
Land & collecting status
Generally open to casual collecting
Public-tagged UK spots are usually beaches, foreshore, or long-worked collecting localities where picking up loose material is generally tolerated. Watch the tides, never dig into cliffs, and check local bylaws before you collect.
Rules differ across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Most UK land is private, beaches and foreshore generally tolerate casual pebble collecting, and SSSIs and scheduled monuments are protected. Check this site's status before you collect.
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Nearby rockhounding spots
Other UK rockhounding spots within driving distance of Portrush (Ramore Head foreshore).
- Whitepark BayAntrim, Causeway Coast and Glens · 9 mi awayAmmonite, Belemnite, Chalk Fossil
- BallintoyAntrim, Causeway Coast and Glens · 11 mi awayAmmonite, Chalk Fossil
- Glenariff (Waterfoot)Antrim, Causeway Coast and Glens · 27 mi awayAnalcime, Garronite, Chalcedony
- BallygallyAntrim, Mid and East Antrim · 38 mi awayAgate, Chalcedony, Analcime
- Waterloo Bay (Larne)Antrim, Mid and East Antrim · 41 mi awayAmmonite, Belemnite, Gryphaea
- Bennane HeadSouth Ayrshire · 66 mi awayJasper, Agate, Chalcedony
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