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Giant's Grave is a megalithic tomb located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. The monument represents a burial structure built during the prehistoric period, when communal tombs of stone were constructed across the island. This example stands on bedrock formed from a felsic igneous intrusion, laid down during the Early Devonian period, which would have shaped the landscape available to its builders thousands of years later.
The tomb is situated in terrain where the underlying geology provides significant outcrops of igneous rock, material that may have influenced both the positioning of the monument and the stones used in its construction. Megalithic tombs of this type typically comprised large stone slabs arranged to create burial chambers, often covered by earthen mounds or cairns, though the present condition of this example reflects the effects of considerable time and weathering.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 6015, recognising its importance to the understanding of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in Ulster. The monument's survival in the Newry and Mourne landscape contributes to the archaeological record of Neolithic and Bronze Age communities in the region.
Giant's grave. megalithic tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6015. View the official record →
Giant's Grave is a megalithic tomb located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6015.
Giant's grave. megalithic tomb dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a megalithic tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Giant's grave. megalithic 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 6015.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carrickinaffrin. hilltop enclosure (6.5 km), Forkill mountain. large enclosure & cairn on forkill mountain (6.9 km), Counterscarp rath (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Giant's grave. megalithic 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. megalithic tomb stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is felsic-rock.