County: Laois Site name: Leap, Contract 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A015/015; E2131
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 634337m, N 682646m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.893591, -7.489711
Additional 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 1: Testing Area 3 involved the mechanical excavation of one trench in the townland of Leap. No archaeological features or finds were uncovered.
