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Lower Dunscombe Farm Quarry

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Lower Dunscombe Farm Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Devon. The county has 191 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It is the smallest of them.

Newton Abbot Station is about 8.1 km away to the south. Other SSSIs nearby include Great Haldon Heaths, Haldon Forest and Little Haldon Heaths.

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