Lissenhall Little

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lissenhall Little, from 7 m² to 228,088 m² (22.81 ha, 56.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

• G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1MRE - Metro and Rail Economic Corridor (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 6 Aug 2025Grant permission

  The development will consist of a Park & Ride facility with a total of

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0710E

• 3 Jul 2025Invalid application

  A bus based Park & Ride with 733 spaces (including standard, mobility-

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0597E

• 25 Oct 2024Grant permission

  The proposed development will consist of: I. Installation of new 4

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0946E

• 25 Oct 2023Grant permission

  The development will consist of a 38 kV electrical substation. The dev

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0643

• 31 Oct 2017Grant permission for retention

  Retention Permission of an existing 21.6m high telecommunications stru

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F17A/0425

• 19 Jul 2016Refuse permission

  Single storey extension to side of an existing single storey garage un

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0110

• 19 Feb 2014Grant permission & grant retention

  Permission to increase the height of the existing low boundary wall to

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F14A/0077

• 23 Apr 2013Refuse permission & refuse retention

  New signage, a new display area and off street customer parking. The

  Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F13A/0139

• 19 Jan 2012Grant permission for retention

  To retain an existing telecommunications installation consisting of a

  Retention · Fingal County Council, F12A/0010

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lissenhall Little.

Recorded monuments

• DU011-130 Ring-ditch
  Description

  A circular ring-ditch visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). This site was subject to geophysical survey (08R117) and test excavation (09E 0463) which revealed the cremation pit and eastern ditch of this ring ditch. The exposed portion of the monument measured 14.90 m in external diameter and 8.80 m in internal diameter. The ditch was sectioned recording a maximum depth of 1.2m measured from ground surface and width of 3.3 m at subsoil surface. A cremation pit comprises a sub-rectangular deposit of black charcoal stained silty clay (0.31m x 0.44m). Testing of the feature stopped when a fragment of pottery was noted against this edge, in order to preserve the integrity of any human remains and cremation vessel (Channing 2009). Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015

• DU011-131 Enclosure
  Description

  A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Ground rises to the location of the site. Metro North testing took place directly east of this site and north within the same field where the ring ditch DU011-130---- was identified. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015

• DU012-003 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located within level tillage between the M1 and R132. A ring-ditch (diam. c. 12m) visible as a cropmark on an aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDS 49). Also visible on Bing (viewed 16/01/2015). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 January 2015

• DU012-011 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Annotated 'Site of Sunday Well' on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map and as 'Sunday Well' on subsequent historical OSi maps. A natural spring well it was formerly a 'station well of great estimation' (Ó Danachair 1958, 81). Infilled during roadworks c. 1974 (Healy 1975). No surface remains visible. See attached photos taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00343 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/41440; F024.06.00341 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/41443. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 April 2023

• DU012-079001 House - Neolithic
  Description

  Excavated (Licence no. 01E1074) in advance of the construction of the M1, this monument was one of two Neolithic post-built structures (see also DU012-079002-). This structure (9m x 5-6m) was represented by postholes (max. 0.30m diam.) and enclosed a hearth in the SW corner of the interior. Sherds of Western Neolithic pottery were recovered adjacent to the structure. A possible platform/storage structure, fence lines and four pits were revealed to the N (Reilly F. 2013, 8). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 5 February 2015

• DU012-079002 House - Neolithic
  Description

  Excavated (Licence no. 01E1074) in advance of the construction of the M1, this monument was one of two Neolithic post-built structures (see also DU012-079001-). This structure (9m x 5-6m) located 9m SE of structure 1 consisted of a line of post and stakeholes (max. 0.3m diam.) and a fire pit (Reilly 2013, 9). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 5 February 2015

• DU012-143 Field system
  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.

Architectural heritage

• Lissen Hall Little, country house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement country house, c.1790, on a square plan. ROOF: Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and timber eaves with cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Roughcast. OPENINGS: Segmental-headed door opening with Ionic doorcase and timber panelled door having fanlight. Square headed windows openings with cut-granite sills and two-over-two timber sash windows. INTERIOR: Timber panelled doors, staircase, and timber panelled shutters.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Lissenhall Little, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lissenhall Little.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Lissenhall Little with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Lissenhall Little · Halla an Leasáin Beag

Area

1,300,213 m² (130.02 ha, 321.29 acres)

Civil parish

Swords, and its townlands

Barony

Nethercross

Electoral division

Swords-Lissenhall, the unit of the census

Census 2022

12,065 people lived in 3,928 households in the Swords-Lissenhall electoral division. 66% of households owned their home. 58% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balheary Demesne, Belinstown, Lanestown, Lissenhall Great, Staffordstown Turvey

Placenames

Lissenhall Little on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.