Excavation - miscellaneous

The National Monuments Service's description

Located just inside the SW angle of the medieval town of Trim. Archaeological testing (01E0615) on the W side of Emmet St. identified subsoil sloping down from N (D 0.5m) to S (D 0.8-1.3m) but this was largely covered with a garden soil that contained mixed wares including nineteenth century material, and no medieval occupation was identified (Hayden 2002). An earthen bank with trees and mortared stone tumble on the W side (total Wth c. 3m; H c.1m) formed the W edge of the development site on the line of the town wall. Removal of the trees and tumble revealed an earthen bank (Wth c. 2m; H c. 0.7m) with a stone-faced and cemented W edge. Excavation of the bank exposed the core of the town wall as rubble masonry bonded with friable off-white coarse sandy mortar beneath the stone-facing and an orange clay (Hayden 2002a). (Hayden 2004)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 9 July, 2019

References

Hayden, A. 2004 Emmet Street, Trim. Urban medieval and town wall. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 439, No. 1539. Bray, Wordwell

Hayden, A. 2002 Archaeological Assessment of a Proposed Development Site at Emmet Street, Trim, Co. Meath. Licence No. 01E0615, extension 2. Unpublished report, Archaeological Projects Ltd.

Hayden, A. 2002a Archaeological Assessment on the line of the town wall to the rear of Emmet Street, Trim, Co. Meath. Licence No. 01E0615. Unpublished report, Archaeological Projects Ltd.