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Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb located near Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. This Neolithic or Bronze Age megalithic monument consists of a stone-built chamber constructed to hold communal burials, characteristic of the wedge tomb tradition that flourished across Ireland during the later prehistoric period. The structure's name reflects folklore traditions associated with such monumental tombs throughout the region.
The site rests on bedrock of the Armagh Group, comprising interbedded limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone formations dating from the Visean period. This geological foundation provided local stone resources that would have been quarried and worked by its builders. The limestone geology of the area is typical of the drumlin landscape surrounding Cookstown.
Giant's Grave is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, registered under reference 15066. The monument represents evidence of the ritual and burial practices of prehistoric communities in this part of Ulster, and contributes to understanding settlement patterns and social organisation during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods across the island of Ireland.
Giant's grave. wedge tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15066. View the official record →
Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb located near Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15066.
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 15066.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone (3.6 km), Ballyclog old church. church & graveyard (5.5 km), Stewartstown castle. castle & village (6.3 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:
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Giant's grave. wedge tomb stands on Armagh Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.