County: Offaly Site name: 27–31 Main Street, Birr
Sites and Monuments Record No.: OF035–012 Licence number: 05E1431
Author: Rory Sherlock, Sheila Lane & Associates, Deanrock Business Park, Togher, Cork.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 605879m, N 704809m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.093839, -7.912216
Three test-trenches were excavated in the carpark to the rear of the Super Valu supermarket at 27–31 Main Street, Birr, in advance of a proposed development on the site. The trenches measured 4m, 3.4m and 3.2m in length respectively and the stratigraphy encountered consisted of 0.8–0.95m of modern fill material and dumped deposits overlying natural compact gravels. No features or finds of archaeological interest were uncovered on the site.
