Metalworking site in Crannagh (upperwoods By.)

Not marked on the 1841 or 1909 eds OS 6-inch maps. Remains of a mound of glass waste (diam. c. 50m) now partly quarried away. Defined by dry-stone walling (L c. N-S5.05m; E-W 8.7m). Heaps of glass waste visible. Remains are of an eighteenth century glass working factory. (Inf. from owner of Crannagh house). Remains not of a glassworks but of a seventeenth / eighteenth century Ironworks which has waste slag that looks like glass. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007