BEFORE ABOUT 1220, ROBERT BARDOLF GRANTED HALF HIS HOLDING IN SOUTH CARLTON TO BARLINGS ABBEY. THE ABBEY RETAINED THIS ESTATE UNTIL THE DISSOLUTION. IN 1544 IT WAS SOLD TO WILLIAM MONSON, THUS UNITING IT TO THE SECULAR MANOR OF SOUTH CARLTON. THE EARTHWORKS COMPRISE SCARPS FORMING LARGE PADDOCKS WITH ASSOCIATED FOUNDATIONS OF STONE BUILDINGS. THE SITE IS BOUNDED ON THE WEST AND SOUTH BY A DITCHED WATERCOURSE AND PROBABLY INCLUDED PART OF THE FORMER ARABLE AREA TO THE EAST. {1}, HTM 20 M