County: Laois Site name: Summerhill, Portlaoise
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 22E0668
Author: Aidan O'Connell
Site type: No archaeology found.
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 648453m, N 698121m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.031568, -7.277637
Test excavations at Summerhill, Portlaoise, Co. Laois took place in August 2022 in response to a condition of planning permission. A total of 12 trenches measuring 920 linear metres (1656 sq. m) were excavated across the site with the aid of a 14-tonne tracked excavator equipped with a 1.8m-wide grading bucket and under constant archaeological supervision. No archaeological sites, features or objects were recorded in the course of the test excavations.
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