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Trim		Castle

County	Meath	Coordinates	N 53° 33' 16.1" W 006° 47' 23.1"
Nearest town	Trim	Grid Ref.	N 80209 56776
Map No.	42	Elevation a.s.l. (m)	58
Date of visit	Tuesday 24 May 2011	GPS Accuracy (m)	8
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This window looks east, towards the River Boyne. It has a curious feature, a latrine in the right corner of its inner ledge, now covered with a grid, used when the castle was inhabitated. The whitish colour of the right wall is given by the ammonia of the urine.
When seen from the outside, it's the window which, in the movie "Braveheart", Philip, the High Counsellor of Prince Edward, seems to throwned out from (see movie at time 1:29:28). The room where Edward I, his son Edward II and Philip were arguing was a different one.

The origin of this castle dates back to 1172, when Hugh de Lacy was granted the Liberty of Meath and he chose to occupy this site, protected by the river Boyne on a side and a marshy ground on the other side.
The original wooden structure was soon replaced by a more robust keep in 1175, later protected by a curtain wall, with a single doorway and a bridge over the moat to the northwest.
With the developing of the town outside the walls, a new Barbican Gate was built on the south side of the walls.
The castle needed major repairs after the siege of 1224, and in the second half of the 13th century new features were added to the fortification.
Newtown Cathedral and the Borough of Newtown could live safely thanks to the imposing presence of the castle not far from them.
We visited this castle for the first time on December 12th, 1995, but it was under restoration and we were allowed to get to the court only.

The castle was used as one of the filming locations for the movie "Braveheart" (1995), by Mel Gibson. In the movie it was the residence of king Edward in London.

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