On behalf of Kildare County Council National Roads Design Office, archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping was undertaken in advance of construction of the M7 Heath-Mayfield Motorway Scheme in County Kildare and County Laois by Jonathan Dempsey of Archaeological Consultancy
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A total of seven phases were identified on site. The first was identified as a Neolithic metalled surface which may represent a working or walking surface. This had been partially cut by a foundation trench for a possible sub-circular shaped Neolithic structure. The infant burial
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During the excavation of a trench for a culvert along the Kilmorebrannagh tie-in on Friday 11th February 2005 a human burial was exposed. The area was just outside one of the monitoring areas (Area 21) below the existing Kilmorebrannagh Road. The workmen on the
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The proposed M7 Portlaoise to Castletown/M8 Portlaoise to Cullahill Motorway Scheme consists of approximately 41km of motorway and 11km of single dual carriageway commencing to the southwest of the existing Portlaoise Bypass and running in a southern direction tying into the exis
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