What is recorded here

Giants Grave is a court tomb in Cloondrihara, County Sligo, Ireland. The ruined monument stands on level pasture south of the Ox Mountains with a chamber opening northwest and stones extending forward. Two tall leaning stones remain opposite each other about four metres from the chamber front while traces of a mound mark the far end.

On level pasture S of the Ox Mountains. The monument is very ruined and difficult to interpret. A fence extends along its N side. A chamber (L 2.7m) opening to the NW seems to be the rear of a gallery. Two jambs and an intervening sillstone mark the front of the chamber. One stone is in place on its more southerly side and a prostrate stone at the opposite side may be a fallen orthostat. A large inward-leaning stone forms the back of the chamber. A considerable number of stones extend for some 8m forward of the chamber. Most of these do not appear to be in situ but two of them, both tall stones now leaning, and c. 2m apart, stand more or less opposite each other about 4m from the front of the chamber. There are some traces of mound at this end of the structure. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 61, no. 97) 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 period. Its partial survival offers insight into early megalithic funerary practices in the region.

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