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 estateBlackfriarsSite of Saxon town: Bury Road allotmentsSanton moated site and associated medieval settlementBell barrow 420m north west of Park FarmPriory of the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre and part of Saxon townBowl barrow 720m north east of East FarmMelford BridgeSite of Saxon town: car park to N of Anchor HotelSite of St Helen's Church with adjacent earthworks and holy wellMickle HillSite of St Ethelred's Church and adjoining area to southSite of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fieldsCastle Hill: motte and bailey castle, Iron Age earthwork enclosure and site of Augustinian friaryBowl 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 HouseBank and ditch NE of London RoadTutt Hill barrow, near ThetfordBowl barrow 230m south west of Little Lodge FarmSite of Saxon town: Nuns' Bridges open spaceThetford Warren LodgeSite of town ditch: Icknield Way allotmentsBowl barrow 380m south west of Santon HouseAtomic bomb store on Thetford HeathSite of Saxon town: primary school grounds, Hilary RoadThetford Cluniac prioryBowl barrow in the garden of The Old Mill'Seven Hills' (tumuli), RushfordRed Castle medieval ringwork, church and Saxon settlement remainsRingwork in Burnthall PlantationArea 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) |
