County: Kildare Site name: COLLINSTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 8:21 Licence number: 96E0234
Author: Dominic Delany
Site type: Habitation site
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 672335m, N 734526m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.355996, -6.913404
Archaeological monitoring of soil-stripping in advance of a proposed dwelling-house development was undertaken in August 1996. The site is located within an area of archaeological potential which is classified as a habitation site on the SMR for County Kildare.
Topsoil with an average depth of 0.25m overlay the natural subsoil. Four sherds of post-medieval/modern pottery types were recovered from the topsoil: one brownware sherd, one creamware sherd, and two fitting pearlware sherds. No features or deposits of archaeological significance were encountered.
20–21 Main St., Portlaoise, Co. Laois
