County: Laois Site name: Clonboyne and Clonkeen, Contract 3
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A015/042; E2157
Author: Deirdre Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 643891m, N 696444m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.016898, -7.345869
An assessment was carried out in February 2007 as part of the programme of archaeological works on the route of the proposed M7 Portlaoise to Castletown/
M8 Portlaoise to Cullahill motorway scheme. The testing of Contract 3: Testing Area 1 involved the mechanical excavation of one test-trench through the townland boundary between Clonkeen and Clonboyne townlands. The townland boundary comprised an earthen bank lined with trees and a parallel ditch. No archaeological features or deposits were identified in the test-trench.
