Thetford Castle Hillfort View all content for Thetford Castle

The castle was Norman, but the earthworks are from a previous Iron Age hillfort. The mound is 80ft high, so is one of the largest man-made mounds in the country. It uses the river as defence as well as a double rampart, and possibly controlled the ford of the Icknield Way where it crosses that river.

Posted by Rhiannon 29th April 2002ce

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