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Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb situated near Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. This megalithic monument dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age and represents a distinctive type of chambered burial structure found primarily in Ireland and western Britain. The tomb is constructed from stone blocks arranged to form a chamber and entrance passage, characteristically wedge-shaped in profile when viewed from above. The underlying bedrock at this location comprises metamorphic rocks of the Argyll Group, formed during the Neoproterozoic period, consisting of psammite, semipelite and pelite deposits that would have provided suitable stone for the monument's construction.
The site's proximity to the glacially sculpted landscapes of the Strabane valley reflects the post-glacial environment in which Neolithic and Bronze Age communities established their burial practices. The durable metamorphic bedrock of the locality has enabled the monument to survive millennia of weathering and land use changes.
Giant's Grave is protected under the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, listed under reference 14059, recognising its significance as a key archaeological monument illustrating burial customs and megalithic construction techniques of prehistoric Ireland.
Giant's grave. wedge tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14059. View the official record →
Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb situated near Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14059.
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 14059.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cashel (3.4 km), Two stone circles & possible alignment (4.1 km), Standing stone & two stone circles (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Giant's grave. wedge 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. wedge tomb stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.