County: Laois Site name: BUSHFIELD OR MAGHERNASKEAGH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A015/033
Author: Lydia Cagney, for Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 628962m, N 685528m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.919803, -7.569328
Testing along one section of the planned M7/M8 Portlaoise–Castletown and Portlaoise–Cullahill motorway scheme, Co. Laois, was undertaken on behalf of Laois County Council and the National Roads Authority. The work was carried out on 14–16 April 2005. Testing Area 6 was one of the areas designated to be investigated within Contract 2 (Coolfin–Derrinsallagh and Townparks) and is situated in the townland of Bushfield or Maghernaskeagh. The assessment of Contract 2, Testing Area 6, involved the mechanical excavation of 39 test-trenches. Testing Area 6 consisted of two separate fields. No archaeological sites were identified in this area.
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