Overview 
The soft yellow-brown Thorncombe Sands contain indurated masses of sandstone, known as doggers. Within the scope of this website, these sands are best viewed between Doghouse Hill, Thorncombe Beacon and Eype Mouth.

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Fossils 
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Zones and sub-zones 


Main zone is Amaltheus margaritatus changing to Pleuroceras spinatum

Sub zone is Amaltheus gibbosus (margaritatus)

Beds and fossils 


Bed name Bed Geology Fossils
    Sandy clays  
    Sands and doggers Gibbirhynchia thorncombiensis
    70ft yellow-brown sands often indurated to form massive sandstone blocks or blue-centred doggers  
Blue band
(Margaritatus Clay)		 25 6ft blue-grey clay  

 

Bed photographs

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Other Thorncombe Sands references

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