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:
An Iron Age religious site and associated enclosures on Gallows Hill, Thetford, immediately to the north of Fison Way industrial estateSanton moated site and associated medieval settlementThetford Warren Lodge'Seven Hills' (tumuli), RushfordBowl barrow 380m south west of Santon HousePriory of the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre and part of Saxon townAtomic bomb store on Thetford HeathBank and ditch NE of London RoadSite of Saxon town: Bury Road allotmentsSite of St Ethelred's Church and adjoining area to southCastle Hill: motte and bailey castle, Iron Age earthwork enclosure and site of Augustinian friarySite of St Helen's Church with adjacent earthworks and holy wellSite of Saxon town: primary school grounds, Hilary RoadBowl barrow in the garden of The Old MillArea of Saxon town N of Red CastleSite of Saxon town: car park to N of Anchor HotelRed Castle medieval ringwork, church and Saxon settlement remainsBowl barrow 230m south west of Little Lodge FarmThetford Cluniac prioryRingwork in Burnthall PlantationSite of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fieldsSite of Saxon town: Nuns' Bridges open spaceSite of Saxon town: plot on E side of Mill Lane 200ft (60m) N of Nunthorpe HouseMickle HillSite of town ditch: Icknield Way allotmentsBowl barrow 720m north east of East FarmBowl barrow known as Blood Hill with associated remains of a boundary bankMelford BridgeBlackfriarsTutt Hill barrow, near ThetfordBell barrow 420m north west of Park Farm.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) |
