County: Offaly Site name: Castleroan 2
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: E003908
Author: John Tierney, Eachtra Archaeological Projects, The Forge, Innishannon, Co Cork.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 606880m, N 683575m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.902992, -7.897732
Phase 2 excavations along 17.1 km (Contract 1) of the 35-km N7 Castletown to Nenagh (Derrinsallagh to Ballintotty) national road scheme were undertaken, commissioned by Laois County Council and the National Roads Authority. Contract 1 comprises the western half of the scheme and runs from Clashnevin to Castleroan, passing through Tipperary North and Offaly county border regions.
The site at Castleroan 2 was of no archaeological significance.
