Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Lissenhall Little, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissenhall Little
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.47804, -6.20759
- SMR number
- DU012-143----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Medieval field system identified by geophysical survey carried out in April 2024 (Terradat (UK) licence ref. 24R0253 & followed up with archaeological testing in August 2024 – licence ref. 24E0805 which confirmed the nature of the remains. Work was carried out in advance of planning to inform design options for a possible future development. Archaeological remains were identified in trenches T5, T6, T7, T8, T13 and T14 and for the most part comprised linear ditches and gullies, but also included pits, spreads and a possible stone surface or remnants of a stone structure in Trench T8 where there was a concentration of complex archaeological remains. Testing confirmed a medieval date for the site, with frequent finds of 12th-14th Century pottery present in the fills of tested features and a plough pebble recovered from topsoil is evidence of 13th Century agricultural practices at the site. The pottery has been identified as mostly Dublin type ware and Leinster Cooking ware.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Gill McLoughlin of Courtney Deery Heritage Consultancy Ltd.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- House - Neolithicunder 1 mi
- House - Neolithicunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.