County: Dublin Site name: LUSK
Sites and Monuments Record No.: RMP 8:10 Licence number: 01E0638 ext.
Author: Christine Baker, Arch-Tech Ltd.
Site type: Furnace
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 721606m, N 754494m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.526326, -6.165884
The area from which topsoil was stripped comprised all or part of four separate fields and covered an approximate total area of 5.4ha. A total of 23 features along with several field drains were identified. They can be divided into two main types: stake-holes and pits containing burnt material. The former were either isolated or associated with pits and may be associated with relict field divisions. Feature 15 was the only feature with a definite morphology and can be interpreted as a small keyhole furnace. There was no diagnostic material associated with it but its alignment with a nearby field drain means that it need not pre-date modern cultivation of the field. The majority of the features identified did not contain diagnostic artefacts. However, the recovery of a mix of post-medieval and modern pottery sherds from the topsoil is consistent with past agricultural use of this area of the site.
32 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2
