2009:517 - PORTLAOISE: Mountrath Road, Laois
County: Laois
Site name: PORTLAOISE: Mountrath Road
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 09E0227
Author: John Purcell
Author/Organisation Address: 17 Balmoral Terrace, Dillon’s Cross, Cork
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 647245m, N 698506m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.035139, -7.295580
Testing was undertaken prior to the construction of a shopping development. The site is adjacent to a small burial-ground. The trenches were excavated across the entire development, access roads and proposed parking areas. No archaeological finds or features were uncovered.