County: Meath Site name: Townparks South, Trim
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: C012; E3331
Author: Stephen J. Linnane, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, Unit 21, Boyne Business Park, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Site type: No archaeological significance
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 680113m, N 756951m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.556360, -6.790875
Monitoring was undertaken during the groundworks stage of the construction of a decentralised office complex for the Office of Public Works. The development area was located to the west of the medieval town of Trim (ME036–048), with the line of the town wall forming part of the eastern boundary of the site. The northern boundary of the site lay c. 80m to the south of the River Boyne and the site of the medieval Water Gate and the Water Gate Bridge were located to the north-east of the development. The monitoring was undertaken on a daily basis between 31 July and 26 September 2007; no features or deposits of archaeological significance were observed.
