County: Laois Site name: RATHLEASH
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 06E0162
Author: John Purcell
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 655500m, N 709095m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.129500, -7.170695
Test-trenching was carried out as part of the planning schedule for a single-house development adjacent to a ringfort at Rathleash, Portarlington. A series of trenches were excavated by mechanical digger at the house site, entrance and percolation area. No features or finds of archaeological significance were revealed.
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