Ancient peoples, hidden landscapes - the archaeology of the M7/M8 motorway scheme

This paper br iefly descr ibes the archaeological findings on the M7 Portlaoise–Castletown/M8 Portlaoise–Cullahill motorway scheme. At the time of writing, archaeologists are still on the ground working on this large scheme so what follows are purely preliminary findings. These are very exciting, however, and I hope to convey something of the thrill that archaeol…