Thetford by munki-boy
Thetford
Created: 27 August 2021 Edited: 29 November 2023
Thetford
Local History around Thetford
There are some historic monuments around including:
Site of Saxon town: car park to N of Anchor HotelMelford BridgeCastle Hill: motte and bailey castle, Iron Age earthwork enclosure and site of Augustinian friaryThetford Cluniac prioryBlackfriarsSite of St Helen's Church with adjacent earthworks and holy wellSite of town ditch: Icknield Way allotments'Seven Hills' (tumuli), RushfordSite of Saxon town: Nuns' Bridges open spacePriory of the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre and part of Saxon townBowl barrow 380m south west of Santon HouseSite of Saxon town: primary school grounds, Hilary RoadAtomic bomb store on Thetford HeathSite of Saxon town: Bury Road allotmentsSanton moated site and associated medieval settlementBowl barrow in the garden of The Old MillBowl barrow 720m north east of East FarmMickle HillTutt Hill barrow, near ThetfordThetford Warren LodgeBowl barrow 230m south west of Little Lodge FarmRingwork in Burnthall PlantationBank and ditch NE of London RoadSite of Saxon town: plot on E side of Mill Lane 200ft (60m) N of Nunthorpe HouseBowl barrow known as Blood Hill with associated remains of a boundary bankRed Castle medieval ringwork, church and Saxon settlement remainsAn Iron Age religious site and associated enclosures on Gallows Hill, Thetford, immediately to the north of Fison Way industrial estateBell barrow 420m north west of Park FarmSite of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fieldsSite of St Ethelred's Church and adjoining area to southArea of Saxon town N of Red Castle.Wildlife in and Around Thetford
Mammals found in Thetford
There have been 49 species of mammals recorded in the thetford area.
| (Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.) |
| 55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) |
| Badger (Meles meles) |
| Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus) |
| Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) |
| 45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| American Mink (Neovison vison) |
| Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) |
| Brandt's Bat (Myotis brandtii) |
| Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus) |
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Birds found in Thetford
There have been 247 species of birds recorded in the thetford area.
| (Anas crecca subsp. crecca) |
| (Gallinago gallinago subsp. gallinago) |
| (Mergus merganser subsp. merganser) |
| (Pyrrhula pyrrhula subsp. pyrrhula) |
| Argentine Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura vittata) |
| (Corvus monedula subsp. monedula) |
| (Larus michahellis subsp. michahellis) |
| (Milvus milvus subsp. milvus) |
| Arctic Redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni) |
| Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) |
