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Snettisham Carstone Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
The Frimstone quarry at Snettisham. - geograph.org.uk - 353936.jpg
Area of Search Norfolk
Interest Biological
Area 11.0 hectares (27 acres)
Notification 1984
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. It is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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.

There is no public access to this working quarry.

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