A VISITOR attraction with internationally important fossils will be safeguarded, assure council bosses.


Fossil Grove in Victoria Park includes 330 million-year-old fossilised remains of 11 tree-fern stumps discovered back in 1887 when a road was cut across a disused quarry.


Today the site is maintained by Glasgow City Council and is listed as being of special scientific interest and important nationally and internationally.
But last year, a survey by Scottish National Heritage found the condition declining. More than 250 people signed a petition calling for work to be carried out.


The council’s petitions committee heard from the campaigners who argued for a maintenance plan for the site.


Councillors instructed the director of land and environmental services to work with everyone involved, including Glasgow Life, to safeguard the site in the short-term and figure out long-term options.


A council spokesman said: “We are working with Scottish Natural Heritage to undertake a specialist survey of the fossils which was one of their key recommendations and we are working with the Fossil Grove Trust on the long-term development of Fossil Grove.”


Around 12,000 people from around the globe have visited the site in the past decade. It used to be staffed and open from Easter until the end of the October school holiday, but council budget problems meant opening was scaled back to just weekends between noon and 4pm.