What is recorded here
Court Tomb: Giant's Grave in Dunnaman is a Neolithic court tomb where ancient people built a boundary between the living and the dead. Its stones still mark the ground in County Down, preserving a ceremony so old it predates written history. The giant in the name may be folklore, yet the tomb itself is real, scheduled, and waiting to be remembered.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as COURT TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE. Recorded period: NEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: State Care and Scheduled. 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 architecture in Atlantic Europe, 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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