PRN 52327 Land was granted in the late 12th century to Barlings and Kirkstead Abbeys. Thus this was probably a monastic sheep grange, held by Kirkstead during part of the medieval period, but held by Barlings at the Dissolution. The earthworks occur at the east end of Riseholme deserted medieval village. {1} Land in Riseholme was granted to the newly founded Barlings Abbey in the late 12th century to establish a sheep farm, with further grants being made in the 13th and 14th centuries. During the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, the grange expanded, passing to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk after the Dissolution. Subsequently, the grange passed to the St Paul family, who also bought the manor of Riseholme. In 1721 the property passed to the Chaplin family, who constructed Riseholme Hall and laid out the landscape park and ornamental lake partially overlying the remains of the medieval settlement (PRN 54196) and grange. The grange itself consists of a series of raised rectangular building platforms thought to be the remains of a principal house and outbuildings. This is approached from the west by the main east/west street of the village, and from the south by a trackway. A rectangular sunken area at the north of the complex represents a yard. North-west of this are the remains of three rectangular banked enclosures - these and further building platforms are also associated with the grange. The scheduling includes the buried and earthwork remains. See also PRN 54196.{5}