Fakenham Magna is a Village in the county of Suffolk.

Retail in Fakenham Magna

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

Don't miss Lopham Fen's fens if visiting the area around Fakenham Magna.

Lopham Fen is one of Fakenham Magna's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Fakenham Magna.

Ickworth is a great place to visit close to Fakenham Magna if you like historic buildings.

Villages to visit near Fakenham Magna include Elveden.

Historic Monuments to visit near Fakenham Magna include Elveden Monument.

Fakenham Magna History

There are some historic monuments around Fakenham Magna:

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