What is recorded here

Giants Grave is a wedge tomb in Carrowneden (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland. The monument stood in rolling pasture beneath the Ox Mountain range, with a gallery opening onto a flat southwest facade and an outer wall visible through heavy growth in 1951. Examination during its destruction in 1959 revealed a portico and recovered unburnt bone now held in the National Museum.

This monument stood in rolling pasture dominated by the Ox Mountain range to the N. In 1951 a gallery opening onto a flat facade at the SW and surrounded by an outer wall could be distinguished in heavy growth. Examination of the monument during the course of its destruction in 1959 indicated the presence of a portico. A quantity of unburnt bone recovered at this time was deposited in the National Museum. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 57-8, no. 91) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)

Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its architectural features suggest a ceremonial or funerary function, typical of megalithic traditions in the region.

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