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Giants Grave

Megalithic tomb

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Giants Grave is a megalithic tomb in Creevymore, County Sligo, Ireland. The monument appears as an oval outline measuring roughly 27 metres by 15 metres on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map. Its long axis ran north-east to south-west across gently rolling lowland near Ballysadare.
See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Date of upload: 9 January 2012
Portal dolmen, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). This tomb is significant as part of the megalithic tradition in western Ireland, reflecting early communal burial practices and stone construction techniques.

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