Somerton is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Somerton

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

Fens to visit near Somerton include Lopham Fen.

Somerton is near some unmissable nature reserves like Lopham Fen,

Somerton is near some unmissable historic buildings like Ickworth,

Places near Somerton feature a number of interesting villages including Elveden.

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

Somerton History

There are some historic monuments around Somerton:

• Moated site at Depden Hall
• Earthwork on Lower Common
• Roman villa NE of Rodbridge House
• The Chapel of the Charnel
• Bury St Edmund's Abbey: including the monks' cemetery and outer precinct and vineyard walls
• Site of Hawstead Place and associated fishponds
• Ashen House moat and fishpond, 500m north of St Augustine's Church.
• The Conduit, Melford Green
• Site of Little Saxham Hall
• St Bartholomew's Chapel
• Two moated sites adjoining St Andrew's Church, with associated remains of medieval settlement at Pound Green
• Bowl barrow 135m south of Waterhall Cottage, Wickham Street
• Roman villa at Liston Lane
• Motte and bailey at Denham Castle
• Clare Priory (uninhabited portions)
• Clare Castle
• Moated site W of Gifford's Hall
• Wood Hall moated site
• Long mortuary enclosure and barrows 460m north west of Mill Farm
• Moated site at Doveden Hall
• Moated site at Denham Hall
• Churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Pound Green
• Moated site immediately south east of New House Farm