What is recorded here

Half a kilometre of hilltop air and a narrow stone throat lead into Giants Grave, where a tall divider splits the chamber from a long portico. The outer western roofstone still carries cup marks and cup-and-ring figures, small deliberate wounds in the rock that may have measured rain, marked ownership or simply delighted the hand that cut them. The tomb remains roofed and largely standing, a quiet wedge driven into the Cavan landscape where the dead were set apart from the living and the sky was excluded.

Situated on a hilltop and is surrounded by trees. It is well preserved and consists of a roofed gallery, about 7.5m long, opening to the WSW. A tallseptal-stone divides it into a long portico and main chamber. An outer wall surrounds the gallery. Two slabs 0.6m apart, form the entrance to the portico which is 2.4m long and 1.1m wide. It is covered by two roofstones: the upper surface of the outer-most W stone has a series of cup-marks and at least two cup-and-ring motifs (CV004-005001-). A stone standing in the portico is of uncertain function. The main chamber, 4.5m long, narrows from 1.3m wide at the septal-stone to 1m at the E. A set stone continues the line of the N side of the gallery beyond the backstone. Three horizontally laid slabs roof the main chamber. Five outer wall stones remain in place. Some are now leaning and the westernmost at the N is broken in two. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 106-8, No. 5) 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. Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of revision: 10 May 2012 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).

Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. Its significance lies in its well-preserved structure and orientation, reflecting early megalithic architectural traditions in the Burren region.

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