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.

Fens to visit near Sapiston include Lopham Fen.

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

Historic Buildings to visit near Sapiston include Ickworth.

There are a several good villages in the area around Sapiston like Elveden.

Places near Sapiston feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Elveden Monument.

Sapiston History

There are some historic monuments around Sapiston:

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