Giants Grave

Near the crest of a low ridge in rolling pasture. Part of a WSW-facing gallery (L c. 3m; Wth 1.2m) and the remains of outer-walling and a facade survive here. Two orthostats are visible on the S side of the gallery. Opposite the western of these there is another orthostat and to the E of this two corbels rising above fill continue the line of the gallery side. Just beyond these there is a partly concealed stone which may also be a corbel. There are five outer-wall stones to the S of the gallery, two of them together at the W and three alongside at the E. The N side of the outer-walling is represented by a single stone. Two facade stones adjoin the W end of the outer-wall at the S. Two roofstones cover the surviving length of gallery. A third roofstone which lay to the E of these and also the northern half of the façade have been lost since the later half of the 19th century (Wood-Martin 1883-4, 453-4; 1888, 172-4). A stone protruding from a fence crossing the NW corner of the structure and another alongside it may be displaced facade stones. A stone at the E end of the structure could indicate the back of the outer wall but is not definitely in situ. Traces of a mound, not more than 0.5m high, are visible along the S side of the monument. A court tomb (SL035-062----) is c. 100m to NNE and the site of an unclassified megalithic tomb (SL035-061----) is c. 150m to NNE. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 65-6, no. 105) 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; Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). This monument represents an early form of megalithic tomb construction and is significant as part of a broader tradition of communal burial and ritual practice in prehistoric Ireland.