County: Laois Site name: STRABOE CHURCH, Straboe
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 13:5 Licence number: 96E0313
Author: Thaddeus C Breen, for Project Director Valerie J. Keeley
Site type: Pit
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 649449m, N 702571m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.071469, -7.262095
The line of the Portlaoise Water Supply Improvement pipeline was excavated along the side of the road opposite the church. Two pits were found, containing animal bone, charcoal and slag. Some brick was present in one pit, suggesting a late date. No trace of any enclosing ditch was found.
13 Wainsfort Crescent, Dublin 6W
