This is a long shot but the powers of Mumsnet are strong.
As a child I read a book about (I think) a Victorian girl who goes to Dorset and finds a dinosaur skeleton/fossil on the beach.
I'm sketchy with other details.
This has given me the love of history etc.
I'm off to Dorset to find a dinosaur (lighthearted) in august.
Have I dreamt this book , anyone remember or recollect this story?