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.

There are a several good fens in the area around Great Barton like Lopham Fen.

Nature Reserves to visit near Great Barton include Lopham Fen.

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

Places near Great Barton feature a number of interesting villages including Elveden.

Elveden Monument is one of Great Barton's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Great Barton.

Great Barton History

There are some historic monuments around Great Barton:

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