A real-life Jurassic Park hidden in Leicestershire
200 million years of history can be seen in exposed rock layers at Tilton Railway Cutting
Tilton Railway Cutting is a little slice of ancient history.
The abandoned railway cutting near the village of Tilton-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire is a real-life Jurassic world - except with no dinosaurs.
This reserve is managed as much for its geology as for its wildlife - 200 million years of history can be seen in the exposed rock layers.
This site has produced fossils including brachiopods, bivalves, gastropods, belemnites and ammonites. It even started Sir David Attenborough’s curiosity for nature when he was a child growing up in Leicestershire.
BBC Leicester’s Ben Jackson went to see it for himself with Professor Sarah Gabbott from the University of Leicester and Joe Davis from Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.
Produced by Pete Wardman.
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