Instead of following the crowds onto The Cobb turn right and walk west to Monmouth Beach.

Scattered beneath your feet on Monmouth Beach are huge ammonites. They are far too big to collect and would probably shatter if you tried but if you look around you will find examples showing internal structure, others with external shell details and yet more with mineral deposits within their chambers.

It is a breathtaking introduction to the Jurassic, for introduction it is; these grey stones are among the oldest of the Jurassic series. Only a little further west of here at Pinhay Bay the last of the Triassic strata disappear beneath the surface. Here is where the Jurassic begins.

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