Sapiston is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Sapiston

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

There are a number of fens near to Sapiston including Lopham Fen.

There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Sapiston like Lopham Fen.

The area close to Sapiston boasts some of the best historic buildings including Ickworth.

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

Don't miss Elveden Monument's historic monuments if visiting the area around Sapiston.

Sapiston History

There are some historic monuments around Sapiston:

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