2009:517 - MOUNTRATH ROAD, PORTLAOISE, Laois

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Laois Site name: MOUNTRATH ROAD, PORTLAOISE

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 09E0227

Author: John Purcell, 17 Balmoral Terrace, Dillon’s Cross, Cork.

Site type: No archaeological significance

Period/Dating:

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.