County: Laois Site name: CAPPALOUGHLIN (5)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A015/151, E2256
Author: Tara O’Neill, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd.
Site type: Fulacht fia
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 637580m, N 690011m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.959559, -7.440662
This site was excavated in June 2006 as part of the programme of resolution of archaeological sites on the route of the proposed M7 Portlaoise to Castletown/M8 Portlaoise to Cullahill motorway scheme. The work was carried out on behalf of Laois County Council and the National Roads Authority.
This site consisted of a thin spread of heat-shattered stone with associated trough and well. The rectangular trough measured 1.64m by 1.05m by 0.43m in depth and was filled with heat-shattered stone. The circular well measured 1.75m by 1.5m by 1.05m in depth. It was filled with layers of clay, silt and heat-shattered stone.
Samples from this site are currently undergoing analysis.
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