diff --git a/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfData/TrigConfData/L1Board.h b/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfData/TrigConfData/L1Board.h
index d35573036e05488934f72b03fd51e5436b8eb53d..1426611bfb004b08af1e43107f61ffa84a1dbb53 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfData/TrigConfData/L1Board.h
+++ b/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfData/TrigConfData/L1Board.h
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ namespace TrigConf {
       /** Accessor to the number of connectors */
       std::size_t size() const;
 
-      BoardType type() const;
+      std::string type() const;
+
+      BoardType boardType() const;
 
       /** Accessor to the connector type */
       bool legacy() const;
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ namespace TrigConf {
       /** Update the internal members */
       virtual void update();
 
-      BoardType m_type;
+      BoardType m_boardType;
       bool m_legacy;
       std::vector<std::string> m_connectorNames;     
    };
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfData/src/L1Board.cxx b/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfData/src/L1Board.cxx
index b8a97c0930c6dbb8cd0dfd5d151de5840be2029d..059497974f3a80a74e7837a2d06d99353b803f08 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfData/src/L1Board.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfData/src/L1Board.cxx
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ TrigConf::L1Board::update()
 
    std::string boardType(getAttribute("type"));
    if( boardType == "MUCTPI" ) {
-      m_type = BoardType::MUCTPI;      
+      m_boardType = BoardType::MUCTPI;
    } else if( boardType == "CTPIN" ) {
-      m_type = BoardType::CTPIN;
+      m_boardType = BoardType::CTPIN;
    } else if( boardType == "TOPO" ) {
-      m_type = BoardType::TOPO;
+      m_boardType = BoardType::TOPO;
    } else {
       throw std::runtime_error("Unknown board type " + boardType);
    }
@@ -60,6 +60,25 @@ TrigConf::L1Board::size() const
    return m_connectorNames.size();
 }
 
+TrigConf::L1Board::BoardType
+TrigConf::L1Board::boardType() const
+{
+   return m_boardType;
+}
+
+std::string
+TrigConf::L1Board::type() const
+{
+   switch( boardType() ) {
+   case BoardType::CTPIN:
+      return "CTPIN";
+   case BoardType::MUCTPI:
+      return "MUCTPI";
+   case BoardType::TOPO:
+      return "TOPO";
+   }
+   return "";
+}
 
 bool
 TrigConf::L1Board::legacy() const 
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfIO/utils/TestTriggerMenuAccess.cxx b/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfIO/utils/TestTriggerMenuAccess.cxx
index 2bf7a03f116ce0f938c766af577f17261333de4b..547375efe06246e2bc312fd5f38a7f08c3ded9b9 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfIO/utils/TestTriggerMenuAccess.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConfIO/utils/TestTriggerMenuAccess.cxx
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ testL1Menu_Boards(const TrigConf::L1Menu & l1menu) {
    cout << "L1 menu has " << l1menu.boardNames().size() << " boards configured" << endl;
    string boardName("Topo1");
    auto & board = l1menu.board(boardName);
-   cout << "Board " << boardName << " has " << board.size() << " connectors configured: ";
+   cout << "Board " << boardName << " of type " << board.type() << " has " << board.size() << " connectors configured: ";
    for( auto & connName : board.connectorNames() ) { cout << connName << " "; }
    cout << endl;
    return true;