County: Meath Site name: TRIM: Haggard Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 99E0174
Author: Carmel Duffy, Co. Meath
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 680190m, N 757228m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.558840, -6.789649
An extension to a shop in Haggard Street, Trim, required monitoring under Trim Urban District Council planning conditions. The site is within the area of archaeological potential of the town, immediately adjacent to St Patrick's Cathedral.
The topsoil was stripped to the rear of the existing shop for 23m. It was composed of black silt with rounded stones 0.05–0.1m across, and up to 1m in depth of it was removed. There were a few large, rectangular stones up to 0.3m long and three deposits of modern rubbish including animal bone, pottery and glass. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted.
The foundation trench was dug into the subsoil, 1m wide and 0.4m deep. The subsoil was yellow/brown and archaeologically sterile. The maximum depth of excavation was 1.5m.
The Mill Road, Umberstown Great, Summerhill
