{"id":867,"date":"2026-01-21T10:35:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tykarpsgrottan.se\/?page_id=867"},"modified":"2026-01-22T08:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T07:08:22","slug":"from-chalk-sea-to-limestone-a-journey-spanning-80-million-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tykarpsgrottan.se\/en\/from-chalk-sea-to-limestone-a-journey-spanning-80-million-years\/","title":{"rendered":"From chalk sea to limestone \u2013 a journey spanning 80 million years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:center top;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-min-height:1000px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-align-content-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">From Cretaceous Sea to Limestone \u2013 a Journey of 80 Million Years<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:3%;--awb-padding-right:3%;--awb-padding-bottom:4%;--awb-padding-left:3%;--awb-padding-top-medium:0px;--awb-padding-right-medium:0px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-padding-left-medium:0px;--awb-bg-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.87);--awb-bg-color-hover:rgba(255,255,255,0.87);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:40px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:60px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 fusion-text-no-margin-md\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-medium:30px;--awb-margin-right-medium:30px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:30px;--awb-margin-left-medium:30px;\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1006\" src=\"https:\/\/tykarpsgrottan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Havsdrakarna-I-Havet-2-1024x453.jpg\" alt=\"From Cretaceous Sea to Limestone \u2013 a Journey of 80 Million Years\" width=\"1024\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tykarpsgrottan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Havsdrakarna-I-Havet-2-200x88.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tykarpsgrottan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Havsdrakarna-I-Havet-2-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tykarpsgrottan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Havsdrakarna-I-Havet-2-400x177.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tykarpsgrottan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Havsdrakarna-I-Havet-2-600x265.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tykarpsgrottan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Havsdrakarna-I-Havet-2-768x340.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tykarpsgrottan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Havsdrakarna-I-Havet-2-800x354.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tykarpsgrottan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Havsdrakarna-I-Havet-2-1024x453.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tykarpsgrottan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Havsdrakarna-I-Havet-2-1200x531.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tykarpsgrottan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Havsdrakarna-I-Havet-2.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you descend into the cave, you step straight into prehistory. Eighty million years ago, Tykarp lay beneath a warm, shallow sea teeming with life. Traces of this ancient world remain in the limestone surrounding you \u2013 fossils of marine animals, plants and prehistoric predators can be seen in the walls, ceilings and pillars.<\/p>\n<p>Limestone has been quarried in Tykarp and Ignaberga since the 12th century. 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