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Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb, a form of megalithic burial monument built during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. Located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, it sits on bedrock formed from the Slievebane Group, where alternating layers of sandstone and conglomerate were deposited during the Westphalian geological period. This local geology provided the stone from which the monument was constructed.
Wedge tombs are among the latest megalithic burial forms to appear in Ireland, typically comprising a rectangular or trapezoidal chamber aligned on an east-west axis and covered by a tapering cairn of stones. The form reflects the practical engineering of prehistoric communities, with the wedge shape distributing weight to support the burial chamber beneath. Giant's Grave exemplifies this characteristic design.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland under reference 9337, acknowledging its significance as evidence of burial practices and ceremonial activity spanning several centuries. Such tombs served as communal burial places and focal points for the communities that built and maintained them, marking important landscape features across the upland regions of Fermanagh.
Giant's grave. wedge tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9337. View the official record →
Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb, a form of megalithic burial monument built during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9337.
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 9337.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Giant's grave, chambered grave. court tomb (1.1 km), Giants grave. wedge tomb (3.5 km), Lettergash fort. counterscarp rath (3.7 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 Slievebane Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.