The Medieval Rural Settlement Project

The Medieval Rural Settlement Project commenced in 2002 to consider the nature of the archaeological landscape associated with rural Ireland in the period c. 1100-1650 AD. The Project has four principal modules, each of which will result in a significant monograph publication. The modules were chosen to represent a cross-section of the diverse…

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Distribution of plough pebbles and medieval cultivation furrows in the Dublin region.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: MRSP_DUB_FIG_09_10

Type: Image

Format: jpeg

Plough pebbles represent the single most numerous artefactual witness to medieval ploughing in Ireland, while cultivation furrows also reveal the practice of arable activities. It is noticeable, however, that the picture is at a slight variance to the pattern of land-use indicated from the extent data, presented on Figure 9.1.

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