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:
Bell barrow 420m north west of Park FarmSite of town ditch: Icknield Way allotmentsThetford Warren LodgeBowl barrow 380m south west of Santon HouseMickle HillSite of St Ethelred's Church and adjoining area to southSite of St Helen's Church with adjacent earthworks and holy wellTutt Hill barrow, near Thetford'Seven Hills' (tumuli), RushfordRingwork in Burnthall PlantationCastle Hill: motte and bailey castle, Iron Age earthwork enclosure and site of Augustinian friaryArea of Saxon town N of Red CastleBowl barrow 230m south west of Little Lodge FarmAn Iron Age religious site and associated enclosures on Gallows Hill, Thetford, immediately to the north of Fison Way industrial estateSite of Saxon town: Bury Road allotmentsSite of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fieldsBank and ditch NE of London RoadSite of Saxon town: car park to N of Anchor HotelSanton moated site and associated medieval settlementSite of Saxon town: primary school grounds, Hilary RoadAtomic bomb store on Thetford HeathMelford BridgeSite of Saxon town: Nuns' Bridges open spaceThetford Cluniac prioryBlackfriarsBowl barrow 720m north east of East FarmBowl barrow known as Blood Hill with associated remains of a boundary bankSite of Saxon town: plot on E side of Mill Lane 200ft (60m) N of Nunthorpe HouseRed Castle medieval ringwork, church and Saxon settlement remainsPriory of the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre and part of Saxon townBowl barrow in the garden of The Old Mill.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) |
