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.

Lopham Fen is a great place to visit close to Fakenham Magna if you like fens.

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

Places near Fakenham Magna feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Ickworth.

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

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Fakenham Magna like Elveden Monument.

Fakenham Magna History

There are some historic monuments around Fakenham Magna:

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