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Giant's Grave is a Neolithic court tomb located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. This chambered grave belongs to the court tomb tradition, a distinctive megalithic burial monument type found across the Irish Neolithic, typically dating to around 3500–3000 BC. The monument sits on bedrock of the Shanmullagh Formation, a sequence of sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate deposited during the Famennian period, which provides a sturdy foundation for the substantial stone structures. Court tombs are characterised by their forecourt areas, where communal ceremonial activities likely took place before entry to the burial chambers themselves, and were used for successive interments over extended periods.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 15399, reflecting its significance as an archaeological resource and scheduled monument. The local landscape around Omagh, shaped by the underlying geology, would have been occupied by Neolithic farming communities who constructed such monuments as focal points for their settlements. The survival of Giant's Grave provides important evidence for the burial practices, social organisation and megalithic building traditions of early farming peoples in the north of Ireland.
Giant's grave, chambered grave. court tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15399. View the official record →
Giant's Grave is a Neolithic court tomb located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15399.
Giant's grave, chambered grave. court tomb dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a megalithic tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Giant's grave, chambered grave. court tomb is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 15399.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Giant's grave. wedge tomb (1.1 km), Lettergash fort. counterscarp rath (2.6 km), Giants grave. wedge tomb (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Giant's grave, chambered grave. court tomb's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Giant's grave, chambered grave. court tomb stands on Shanmullagh Formation, bedrock that formed in the Famennian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.