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Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb, a form of megalithic burial monument dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age. Located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, it represents one of the characteristic funerary structures built across the island during prehistory. Wedge tombs are typically composed of stone slabs arranged to form a chamber, tapering in profile from a higher entrance to a lower rear end.
The monument sits upon bedrock of the Leitrim Group, a geological formation comprising sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate laid down during the Namurian period. This mixed lithology would have influenced both the construction techniques employed and the landscape character surrounding the tomb. The local stone resources available from this bedrock geology shaped how the builders selected and positioned their materials.
Giant's Grave is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, Northern Ireland, under reference number 9639. This statutory protection ensures the preservation of this Bronze Age or Neolithic burial site for future study and public heritage engagement. The tomb contributes to the archaeological record of Fermanagh's prehistoric settlement and ceremonial practices.
Giant's grave. wedge tomb? is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9639. View the official record →
Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb, a form of megalithic burial monument dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9639.
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 9639.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Skaghlea cairn. court tomb (0.5 km), Three standing stones, possibly megalithic tomb (1.2 km), Sweat house (2.8 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 Leitrim Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.