Margaret Gowen & Company Limited is a professional practice of archaeological consultants, project managers and surveyors offering a comprehensive range of services to state and private sector clients drawn from development agencies, engineering, architectural design and planning consultants, local authorities, government departments and semi-state bodies.

The company has a significant reputation as a leader in commercial archaeological practice and is recognised as one of the most innovative and technically proficient archaeology companies in Ireland.
It has its foundations in the early 1980s work of its founder, Margaret Gowen, but has since grown to a large practice with almost fifty core staff and many more ancillary project-based staff.
 

The company has seven main professional and technical areas of activity: • Environmental Impact Studies • Planning consultancy and mediation • Project Management • Survey • Geophysical Survey • Environmental Archaeology • Conservation These activities encompass • All stages of development planning and project realisation • Focus on risk management and mitigation by design • An extensive and integrated knowledge base with experience in wide range of urban and rural development contexts • Efficient management of technical functions and costs