County: Offaly Site name: BEGGARSTOWN
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 09E0140
Author: John Purcell, 17 Balmoral Terrace, Dillon’s Cross, Cork.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 602221m, N 709528m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.136277, -7.966804
Testing was undertaken prior to the extension to a sand and gravel quarry. The site is outside the zone of potential for any archaeological monuments and is in an elevated location. The trenches were excavated across the entire development site. No archaeological finds or features were uncovered but evidence of land improvements was visible.
