Great Barton is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Great Barton

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

The area around Great Barton's best fens can be found at Lopham Fen.

Places near Great Barton feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Lopham Fen.

There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Great Barton like Ickworth.

Great Barton is near some unmissable villages like Elveden,

Places near Great Barton feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Elveden Monument.

Great Barton History

There are some historic monuments around Great Barton:

• Pumphouse in centre of village
• Moated site, formerly the site of Rushbrooke Hall, 400m south west of Poplar Meadow
• Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert
• St Saviour's Hospital
• Roman building SW of Lake Farm
• Settlement site W of Hengrave mill
• Bowl barrow known as Traveller's Hill tumulus
• Two bowl barrows on Troston Heath, one known as Black Hill
• Bell barrow 420m north west of Park Farm
• Roman villa at Stanton Clair
• Bowl barrow and moot known as Troston Mount
• Moated site immediately west of Bradfield Hall
• Bury St Edmund's Abbey: including the monks' cemetery and outer precinct and vineyard walls
• The Chapel of the Charnel
• Bowl barrow known as Hill of Health, Brockley Corner
• Ixworth Roman villa
• Site of Hawstead Place and associated fishponds
• Remains of circular chapel E of church
• Roman settlement S of Ixworth
• East Low Hill tumulus
• Babwell Friary (remains of)
• Ringwork in Burnthall Plantation
• Bowl barrow known as John Mann's Clump
• Two Pickett-Hamilton forts at Honington airfield, 750m and 1.25km south west of Broomhill Cottages
• Length of Roman road NE of Barningham Park
• Three bowl barrows and a ring ditch 850m and 750m north east of Neville House Farm
• Sites NW and SE of Fornham All Saints