It sits in that peculiar category of known unknowns, a site significant enough to be listed and mapped, but whose history, extent, and character remain largely undocumented in any accessible form.

Lisheen is a placename of Irish origin, derived from "loisín", meaning a small fort or earthwork, which hints at the layered nature of such localities in the Clare landscape, where early Christian, medieval, and prehistoric remains often occupy the same ground across centuries. Burial grounds in rural Ireland range from prehistoric cist graves and early Christian enclosures to post-medieval killeens, the informal cemeteries where unbaptised infants were interred outside consecrated ground. Without further documentation, it is impossible to say with confidence which tradition this particular site belongs to, or whether it has been disturbed, enclosed, or forgotten entirely by the surrounding land use.