About 0.5mi/1km east of the town of Trim, at an old bridge over the Boyne, we come to Newtown Trim, with the ruins of the Abbey of Saints Peter and Paul (National Monument). Of the very large Cathedral (13th C; transitional Romanesque/Gothic), built for the see of Meath, there remain only the choir, the crossing and a small section of the nave
On the south side of the church are some remains of conventual buildings. To the east is a smaller church (13th C), with a fine double tomb of the late 16th C.