County: Meath Site name: 19 Trimgate Street, Navan
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 06E0389
Author: Stephen J. Linnane, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Site type: Urban, post-medieval
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 685782m, N 767769m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.652653, -6.702365
An assessment was undertaken at the rear of Dunne’s, Trimgate Street, Navan, Co. Meath, in advance of reconstruction of this part of the store. It had been suggested that the eastern boundary of the site lay along the line of the medieval town wall of Navan. The proposed build method of the new construction, involving piled foundations and a reinforced concrete floor slab, ensured that the majority of archaeological deposits would survive in situ. Only in the area of a lift shaft would there be significant disturbance and in this area a test-trench was excavated to a depth of 1.5m. The trench did not expose any deposits of archaeological significance, although a coursed limestone wall was exposed, forming the eastern boundary of the site.
The wall was exposed to a depth of 1.5m below current ground level and contained brick fragments within its fabric, was 0.5m wide and was bonded with off-white lime mortar. It seems probable that the wall formed a post-medieval property boundary. The wall will be preserved in situ.
