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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sarah Ward

Fossil from dinosaur the size of a pony pulled from cliff on Isle of Skye

A Jurassic dinosaur fossil, first discovered more than five decades ago, has finally been unearthed from a cliff base on the Isle of Skye.

The fossil, dubbed the Elgol dinosaur, represents Scotland’s earliest recorded dinosaur, discovered near Elgol in the island’s south in 1973.

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