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Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb, a type of megalithic monument characteristic of the Irish Neolithic period. Located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, it stands on bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a geological formation of Visean age comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone interspersed with chert, coal and conglomerate. This varied stone-rich geology would have provided accessible building materials for the monument's construction.
Wedge tombs typically date to the later Neolithic, roughly between 3500 and 2500 BCE, and are concentrated in the western regions of Ireland, particularly in Ulster. These monuments consist of a stone burial chamber constructed beneath an earthen mound, with the distinctive wedge form narrowing from front to back. The chambers were designed to accommodate collective burials, reflecting the communal funerary practices of their period.
Giant's Grave is formally protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Division reference 9623. The site's position within the productive limestone landscape of Fermanagh indicates its builders selected a location of significance to their community. The monument stands as an enduring testimony to the monumental ambitions and burial rituals of Neolithic peoples in the north of Ireland.
Giant's grave. wedge tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9623. View the official record →
Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb, a type of megalithic monument characteristic of the Irish Neolithic period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9623.
Giant's grave. wedge tomb dates from the neolithic 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 9623.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Giant's grave. wedge tomb (0.1 km), Two standing stones (0.1 km), Giant's grave. wedge tomb (0.5 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 Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.