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.

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

Lopham Fen is a great place to visit close to Great Barton if you like nature reserves.

There are a number of historic buildings near to Great Barton including 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:

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