Stonebarrow Fossils

Stonebarrow Fossils Fossils I have found and prepared from the Jurassic coast, Dorset, UK - some are available for sale on my website: www.stonebarrowfossils.co.uk

Fossils from the Jurassic coast found and prepared by Lizzie Hingley.

23/06/2026

Often when fossil hunting on Charmouth beach you come across ammonites which have been damaged by exposure to the elements for too long. The aim is to save them before this happens, otherwise their 195 million year journey is forgotten and they are turned to dust.

However, very occasionally, the beach does help a little. Making pieces like this possible. Another day or two in the active beach system and the sand and waves would have destroyed it.

One side of this Xipheroceras ammonite was eroded but the other side was safely still encased in it's limestone matrix. I removed this by using iron powder air abrasive.

When a light is shone behind it, it's beautiful red and orange tones shine though, coloured by the calcite and minerals that have replaced the ammonite over time :)

If you stay watching for long enough you will see a sped up video of the abrasive preparation of this piece.




Charmouth beach is on the world famous Jurassic coast, Dorset, UK, with an abundance of fossils - it provides a glimpse ...
21/06/2026

Charmouth beach is on the world famous Jurassic coast, Dorset, UK, with an abundance of fossils - it provides a glimpse of life in the sea around 195 million years ago. There was certainly a lot of it, especially ammonites!

I've just uploaded some new pieces I have found and prepared to my website, a small post fossil festival update :) the link to my website is in the comments below.


When I started preparing this green ammonite nodule that I found on Charmouth beach, I discovered a Oistoceras hiding i...
17/06/2026

When I started preparing this green ammonite nodule that I found on Charmouth beach, I discovered a Oistoceras hiding inside. It was just 1cm from the top of the nodule which wasn't ideal for a more traditional prep job. So I had some fun with it :)

Although it's not everyone's cup of tea, I really enjoy the challenge of doing something a bit more creative with more common ammonites which create a challenge!
I took some matrix away from the back of the ammonite to show the brilliant orange translucence when a bright light is shined behind it - this is caused by the calcite preservation and minerals present.

I'm doing a small post fossil festival website update, this coming Sunday, the 21st of June at 10am BST
The next big update is in August :)

It's Lyme Regis Fossil Festival! Natural Selection Fossils and I and many other fantastic sellers will be here today and...
13/06/2026

It's Lyme Regis Fossil Festival!
Natural Selection Fossils and I and many other fantastic sellers will be here today and Sunday with many fossils!

At langmoor gardens - Lyme Regis :)

The sun's out, it must almost be time for Lyme Regis Fossil Festival !Natural Selection Fossils and I have been putting ...
09/06/2026

The sun's out, it must almost be time for Lyme Regis Fossil Festival !

Natural Selection Fossils and I have been putting the final touches to these beautiful Green ammonite nodules.

These pieces and many others prepared by us will be available at the Lyme Regis fossil festival this coming weekend, the 13th and 14th of June. You'll find us in the Lister gardens marquees, Lyme Regis from 10am to 5pm. There will be many other stalls, all with fantastic fossils and fossil related things for sale!
If you can't make it - don't worry some pieces will be available online soon :)

Green ammonite nodules are one of the most pleasing rocks to find and prepare from Charmouth beach, Jurassic coast, UK. When they are the right shape and size they almost always contain a fossil within, although you never know which one you're going to get :) these contain Oistoceras, Androgynoceras and Tragophylloceras ammonites :) like a 195 million year present, wrapped in the rock!

27/05/2026

A large bed of ammonites I found on Charmouth beach (Jurassic coast, UK) and prepared not so long ago, sometimes they can look packed but not prepare well, I was very pleased to find that this one was full of Promicroceras, Xipheroceras and Cymbites ammonites along with a piece of fossil wood.

These fossil ammonite beds often have wood and ammonites, the wood creating a barrier for the ocean currents to wash the ammonites against it.

This is just a piece of what would have been a large nodule - the beach system is very good at breaking up and wearing down fossils. If they were not collected then they would eventually become ground to dust, returning to the sea that they once lived in 195 million years ago :)




10/05/2026

A piece of limestone absolutely packed with Arnioceras ammonites that I found on Charmouth beach, Jurassic coast, UK earlier this year.

Many of these fossil ammonite slabs don't prepare as the stone is too hard to work with - abrasives won't touch it and the ammonites shell won't pop off with a pen. I was so pleased when this was soft enough to use air abrasive to prepare. The orange calcite preservation on them is something rather special :)

We don't know for certain if the ammonites all died in one storm or if it's the result of many years of them settling on the sea floor. But there were certainly a lot of Arnioceras ammonites around in the seas 195 million years ago!



04/05/2026

A little nodule I found over the winter and prepared recently.
It's filled with caenisites, microderoceras, promicroceras and cymbites ammonites. They were clearly quite abundant in the sea 190 million years ago!
These stones can quite often look really good when you find them and then won't prepare in the workshop due to poor preservation, it's always a joy to find one that prepares well!

I've been very busy over the past months - preparing lots of fossils I've found on Charmouth beach over the winter :) Wi...
26/04/2026

I've been very busy over the past months - preparing lots of fossils I've found on Charmouth beach over the winter :)

With fossil preparation, most of the time you get to discover the fossil twice - once on the beach (when you hope you have found something worthwhile). Then again when you finally get to prepare the rock away in the workshop. There can be quite a wait between the two!

I have just updated my website with over 50 new pieces :)

19/04/2026

When I found this stone on Charmouth beach I spied some worn ammonites on one side - I collected it hoping that they would continue into the piece.
I was very pleased to find many many more ammonites, including a caenisites which is always a pleasure to discover!

I've been busy over the last few months preparing many new pieces that I've found over the winter - This ammonite bed, along with many other fossils will be uploaded to my website, next Sunday, the 26th of April at 10am BST.

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