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Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The monument dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age period and represents one of the characteristic megalithic tomb forms of the Irish prehistoric landscape. Wedge tombs of this type typically consist of a stone-built chamber covered by a cairn of stones, oriented with their wider end facing towards the southwest. As a scheduled monument, Giant's Grave contributes to the archaeological record of megalithic burial practices in the northwest of Ireland during the prehistoric era.
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 located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. 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).
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