2018:784 - High Street, Trim, Meath

The site is located at the corner of High Street and Abbey Lane, Trim. The proposed extension will be located to the east of an existing out-building that stands behind the main house on High Street. The main house is recorded in the Record of Protected Structures (reg. no. 14328058). The out-building is marked on both editions of Ordnance Survey mapping.
The ground surface was sealed with a concrete pad which was at a slightly higher level along the north side. The remains of a north-south-running concrete-topped wall defined the edge of the pad. Three trenches were excavated.
Along the north side of the site, in Trench 1, garden soil was exposed overlying natural subsoil which lay 0.7m below the present ground level on the site. It was shown that the remains of the wall lay within and on top of the garden soil; it was of rubble stone construction bonded with hard mortar. Archaeological material was not exposed in this trench.
Along the south side of the site, where Trench 2 was placed, garden soil was also present although there was a very high quantity of loose stone contained within it. At the bottom of the garden soil a linear east-west running spread of red burnt clay was exposed, approx. 0.4m wide. The underlying fill comprised gritty, sandy black material containing animal bone and lenses of ash. No artefacts were recovered from this fill. It was interpreted as a possible, medieval industrial feature similar to those found by Hayden (257-270) further along High Street to the north-east.
No archaeological material was exposed in Trench 3.

Reference:
Hayden, A. 2009. Excavation of a site at High Street, Trim. In eds. M. Potterton and M. Seaver Uncovering Medieval Trim. 257-270.

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