What is recorded here
Giants Grave is a megalithic tomb in County Clare, Ireland. The name itself is a story, not a survey label, and it suggests the stones are large enough to belong to a legend rather than a person. The chamber still stands as a grave for someone the region has stopped naming.
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961)
Date of upload: 30 December 2011
Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). This tomb type is significant as it represents an early form of megalithic funerary architecture associated with communal burial practices in prehistoric Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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