County: Laois Site name: MAIN STREET/LINK ROAD (REAR), PORTARLINGTON
Sites and Monuments Record No.: LA003–005 Licence number: 06E0708
Author: Martin E. Byrne, Byrne Mullins and Associates, 7 Cnoc na Greine Square, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare.
Site type: Urban
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 654318m, N 712610m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.161211, -7.187757
Testing was undertaken with respect to a mixed-use development located to the rear of Main Street/Link Road, Portarlington. The site is located within the designated zone of archaeological potential for the town. There are no known monuments or features situated within, or in the immediate environs of, the subject site. Five test-trenches were excavated by machine within the site and nothing of archaeological interest was uncovered.
