Excavations.ie

2007:1064 - LEAP, Contract 1, Laois

NMI Burial Excavation Records

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.

Author/Organisation Address: Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth

Site type: No archaeology found

Period/Dating: N/A

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.


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