What is recorded here
Doonan still holds the giant’s grave, a Neolithic court tomb where ancient people placed their dead beside the living sky. The stones likely marked a boundary between the visible world and the continuing life of ancestors. Some may have gathered there to feed the hunger of memory, while others walked past in fear of waking what slept beneath.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as COURT TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE. Recorded period: NEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Court tomb, Neolithic period. It is part of a broader tradition of megalithic funerary monuments in Ireland, reflecting early ceremonial and burial practices.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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