County: Laois Site name: Oldtown and Coolnaritta, Contract 1
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: A015/027; E2142
Author: Tara O’Neill, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 633374m, N 672287m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.800545, -7.505080
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 1: Testing Area 15 involved the mechanical excavation of one test-trench along the townland boundary between Oldtown and Coolnaritta. The boundary consisted of a hedgerow. No archaeological features or finds were exposed in the excavated trench.
