Well

The National Monuments Service's description

The ward of the castle provided space for various buildings or structures, dating largely to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, but a precise date cannot be provided in most instances. A stone-lined well (diam. c. 1.5m; excavated D 7.8m), with an alcove (Wth 0.8m; D 0.5m; H 1.8m plus) at its base on the N side, was dug through the backfilled deposits in the quarry that was created on the site of the moat of the ring-work. It was probably built in the late fourteenth century in conjunction with the ‘washhouse’ in the forework (ME036-048082-), and it acted as a sump collecting water from the quarry. At ground level the well was surrounded by two levels of stone paving, one underlying the other. The later paving dips to the N and leads to a drain that probably joined with the drain from the washhouse within the forework. (Hayden 2011, 244-6)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 11 July 2019

References

Hayden, A. 2011. Trim Castle, Co. Meath: Excavations 1995-8. Dublin, Stationary Office: Archaeological Monograph Series, No. 6.