County: Laois Site name: Rathleash
Sites and Monuments Record No.: - Licence number: 06E0162
Author: John Purcell, 17 Balmoral Terrace, Dillon’s Cross, Cork.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 691730m, N 609553m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.230075, -6.657174
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.
