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Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb situated in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. This Neolithic or Bronze Age megalithic monument belongs to a distinctive class of tombs found predominantly in Ireland and Wales, characterised by their tapering wedge-shaped design. The structure was built upon bedrock of the Kilskeery Group, formed during the Chesterian period, comprising sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate. These local geological materials would have provided suitable stone for constructing the monument's orthostatic walls and capstones, with the underlying geology shaping both the site's accessibility and the construction methods available to its builders.
Wedge tombs typically date to the later Neolithic or early Bronze Age, serving as communal burial monuments for local populations. The tapering form, narrower at one end than the other, distinguishes this tomb type from other megalithic structures such as passage tombs or court tombs. Giant's Grave remains protected by the Historic Environment Division as a scheduled monument under reference 10240, reflecting its significance to the archaeological heritage of Fermanagh and its importance as evidence of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the region.
Giant's grave. wedge tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 10240. View the official record →
Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb situated in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 10240.
Giant's grave. wedge tomb dates from the neo/b.a. period, and is classified as a megalithic tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Giant's grave. wedge 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 10240.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Platform rath (3.9 km), Tamlaght. multiperiod church site & graveyard (e.christian-post med.) with cross-carved stone, finial stone & bullaun (4.5 km), Derrybrusk church. medieval church & graveyard (5.2 km).
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Giant's grave. wedge tomb stands on Kilskeery Group, bedrock that formed in the Chesterian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.