Fakenham Magna is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Fakenham Magna

There are great places to visit near Fakenham Magna including some great fens, nature reserves, historic buildings, villages and historic monuments.

There are a several good fens in the area around Fakenham Magna like Lopham Fen.

There are a number of nature reserves near to Fakenham Magna including Lopham Fen.

Ickworth is one of Fakenham Magna's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Fakenham Magna.

Elveden is a great place to visit close to Fakenham Magna if you like villages.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Fakenham Magna including Elveden Monument.

Fakenham Magna History

There are some historic monuments around Fakenham Magna:

• Red Castle medieval ringwork, church and Saxon settlement remains
• Roudham deserted medieval village
• Two bowl barrows on Troston Heath, one known as Black Hill
• Site of town ditch: Icknield Way allotments
• Ixworth Roman villa
• Site of St Ethelred's Church and adjoining area to south
• Atomic bomb store on Thetford Heath
• Rushford Bridge
• Tutt Hill barrow, near Thetford
• Bowl barrow and moot known as Troston Mount
• Bowl barrow in the garden of The Old Mill
• Bell barrow 420m north west of Park Farm
• Length of Roman road NE of Barningham Park
• Site of Saxon town: car park to N of Anchor Hotel
• Site of Saxon town: Bury Road allotments
• Ruins of St Andrew's Church
• Bowl barrow 720m north east of East Farm
• Bowl barrow in Brickkiln Covert, Knettishall Heath
• Castle Hill: motte and bailey castle, Iron Age earthwork enclosure and site of Augustinian friary
• Tumuli on West Harling Heath
• Roman settlement S of Ixworth
• Area of Saxon town N of Red Castle
• Babwell Friary (remains of)
• Bank and ditch NE of London Road
• Site of Saxon town: plot on E side of Mill Lane 200ft (60m) N of Nunthorpe House
• Priory of the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre and part of Saxon town
• An Iron Age religious site and associated enclosures on Gallows Hill, Thetford, immediately to the north of Fison Way industrial estate
• Stanton Upthorpe windmill
• Site of Saxon town: Nuns' Bridges open space
• Ringwork in Burnthall Plantation
• Melford Bridge
• 'Seven Hills' (tumuli), Rushford
• Bowl barrow on Hut Hill, Knettishall Heath
• Roman villa at Stanton Clair
• Three bowl barrows and a ring ditch 850m and 750m north east of Neville House Farm
• Rushford Bridge
• Site of St Helen's Church with adjacent earthworks and holy well
• Thetford Cluniac priory
• Blackfriars
• Bowl barrow on Rushford Heath 180m west of Peddar's Way
• Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields
• Site of Saxon town: primary school grounds, Hilary Road
• Moated site in Round Grove
• Remains of medieval church and village at Thorpe
• Two Pickett-Hamilton forts at Honington airfield, 750m and 1.25km south west of Broomhill Cottages