Margaret Gowen & Company is a professional practice of archaeologists and surveyors offering a comprehensive range of services to developers, engineers, architects, planning consultants, local authorities, government departments and semi-state bodies.

The company has its foundations in the early 1980s work of its founder, Margaret Gowen, but has since grown to a large practice with over forty-five core staff and many more ancillary staff. It has a reputation as a leader in archaeological research and prides itself as one of the most innovative and technically proficient commercial archaeology companies in Ireland.

The company's activities may be broken down into seven main areas:

  Environmental Impact Studies
  Consultancy
  Project Management
  Survey
  Geophysical Survey
  Environmental Archaeology
  Conservation

• All stages of development planning and operations
  
• Detailed management of technical functions and costs
  
• Focus on mitigation by design
  
• Extensive knowledge base and experience with a wide range of site contexts
  
• Technical innovation
  
• High standard of presentation, backed up by a versatile suite of survey and graphics software
  
• Fully equipped environmental archaeology and conservation laboratory