What is recorded here

Butler's Bridge still stands beside Giants Grave, though the tomb has lost most of its west wall and perhaps its roof. The remaining east stones form a narrow gallery pointing NNW-SSE, with one taller northern marker and a skewed southern stone that may have closed the chamber. The absence is not empty; it is the shape of what left the site.

Sited on a slight rise close to the village of Butler's Bridge. A gallery, open at both ends and orientated NNW-SSE, is 6m long and 1.6m wide. Five contiguous stones form the E side but only one orthostat remains on the opposite side. The northern stone at E, 1.95m high, is 0.5m or more taller than the other stones. The southern stone at E is skewed inward suggesting that the gallery may have ended here. There are three prostrate stones at the site. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 118-9, No. 18) 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. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008 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 orientation and structural remains suggest it was part of a broader ritual landscape in the Boyne Valley region.

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