WALES: Archaeologist says dinosaur footprints have been stolen from coastline at Barry

From Barry&District News:  Archaeologist says dinosaur footprints have been stolen from coastline at Barry

 

STOLEN: Dinosuar footprints, which were previously seen at the Bendricks, have disappeared. 

 

A LOCAL archaeologist says dinosaur footprints have been stolen from the Bendricks coastline - an area famed for its geological significance.
Karl-James Langford said: "We were horrified that in an area where we had previously examined several footprints, they have since been taken.
"As readers can see from the picture, cutting instruments have been used on the 200 million-year-old Triassic rock, in an area where footprints and the fossilised remains of wave ridges had existed a few weeks ago.
"This part of the coastline is protected as an SSSI, and as such is meant to offer protection and restriction (with a licence) from anyone removing any of the rare geological formations - whether they are footprints, fossils or even any of the rock," he added.
"There are only 12 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wales."