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Giants Grave

Court tomb

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One chamber, one roof stone, one missing door. Build the chamber, cut the door, carry the roof stone, set it across, bury the dead, leave the grave marked.
This tomb, extant in 1965 when the published plan was made (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972) has since been destroyed. It stood alongside a fence on the side of a ridge 200m W of a portal tomb (CV026-006----). A ruined gallery entered from the NNE stood here. A tall stone and low stone E of it, possibly a sill, seemed to mark the gallery entrance. A possible courtstone stood in front of the tall stone. About 1.2m S of the entrance, three stones formed the inner end of the W side of the gallery and two remained on the opposite side. A gable-shaped stone closed the gallery. A set stone stood 2m S of the gallery. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 127-8, No. 27) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).
Portal tomb, dating to the Neolithic period. Its location near another portal tomb suggests it may have been part of a broader ritual landscape.

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