Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Norfolk |
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Grid reference | TF 685 348[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 11.0 hectares (27 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1984[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Snettisham Carstone Quarry is an 11-hectare (27-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of King's Lynn in Norfolk.[1][2] It is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[3]
This is the only known location in Britain for the micro-moth Nothris verbascella. Its host plant, hoary mullein, is abundant in areas of the quarry which are no longer worked.[4]
There is no public access to this working quarry.