THE REMAINS OF A VILLAGE OR MANOR AND MONASTIC GRANGE AT HOULTHAM. IT WAS RECORDED IN 1086, BUT AFTER WAS PROBABLY SUBSUMED AS A MEMBER OF LEGSBY, PERHAPS BECAUSE IT AMOUNTED TO NO MORE THAN A DESMESNE FARM. THE MANOR OF HOULTHAM WAS GRANTED TO SIXHILLS PRIORY IN 1389 AND WAS RUN AS A GRANGE UNTIL THE DISSOLUTION. IN 1563 4 FAMILIES WERE RECORDED THERE. THE EARTHWORKS THAT OCCUPIED A FIELD NAMED HOME CLOSE AND MOAT IN 1846 WERE DESTROYED BETWEEN 1963 AND 1971 BUT THEY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN INSERTED BETWEEN PRE- EXISTING ARABLE FURLONGS. THEY WERE DOMINATED BY A LARGE MOAT-LIKE DITCHED ENCLOSURE SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE INTERNAL PADDOCKS. EXTERNAL FEATURES APPEAR TO INCLUDE CHANNELS FEEDING AND DRAINING THE DITCH AND OTHER POSSIBLE ENCLOSURES AND A TRACKWAY. TRACES OF RIDGE AND FURROW SURROUND THE SITE. THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS VILLAGE REMAINS. {1}{2}