This is not altogether surprising as Lyme Regis is on the coast. Gryphea and Nautili are also both found regularly and these look like clam shells and snail shells respectively. There are fossils around Lyme Regis because the cliffs are crumbling and the more they crumble, the more fossils come to light. This also means it is a bad idea to hang around under a cliff - the smallest landslip of just a single rock can give you a mighty big headache if you happen to be standing underneath it. Hammer Serious fossil hunters take a hammer to break open promising looking stones.
Some hammers come out of a day's fossil hunting rather worse for wear.
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