Dinosaur footprints in Spyway Quarry, Dorset

3D Model

In 1996 during quarrying near Purbeck a remarkable set of dinosaur footprints were discovered they were to turn out to be the amongst the most extensive exposures of dinosaur footprints in Britain. These prints was discovered around 140 million years after they were originally tramped into the mud. They are the prints of Sauropods, either a Brachiosaurid or a Tatanosaurid. The prints are comprised of circular craters in what was originally mud, created over a period of time on a beach next to a freshwater lagoon. During that time, a number of different individuals, including a juvenile, walked over this patch. Following discovery the footprints were re-buried whilst a long term management plan was developed by the landowners The National Trust and Jurassic Coast Site Team with the support of Natural England. This model was created to secure a precise 3D record which could be shared around the world as the site was prepared for public access. To read more goto http://www.landscaperesearchcentre.org/wp/?p=113