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.

Don't miss Lopham Fen's fens if visiting the area around Fakenham Magna.

Nature Reserves to visit near Fakenham Magna include Lopham Fen.

There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Fakenham Magna like Ickworth.

Villages to visit near Fakenham Magna include Elveden.

Places near Fakenham Magna feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Elveden Monument.

Fakenham Magna History

There are some historic monuments around Fakenham Magna:

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