Science, Maths & Technology
Fermanagh: The backdrop to the G8 summit
...sand became sandstones, some containing pebbles, which later became conglomerates. Lapping the coast was a warm tropical sea with corals, primitive fish and some very large brachiopod shells as well as microscopic shelled animals. The shells and skeletons of these animals are found fossilised in the limestones of Fermanagh. Coastal swamps and giant fern forests later...