County: Laois Site name: Derryvorrigan and Doon, Contract 2
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A015/038; E2153
Author: Aidan O’Connell, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 626328m, N 686128m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.925330, -7.608437
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. This assessment of Contract 2: Testing Area 11 involved the mechanical excavation of a single test-trench through a townland boundary separating Derryvorrigan and Doon townlands. The boundary consisted of a hedgerow 1m in height and 3m in width. No archaeological features or finds were uncovered in the excavated trench.
