Overview
Giants Grave — Killinaparson is recorded as Megalithic tomb in Laois. The site, in a clear-felled area of forest, lies just uphill from a stream on the W slope of Barradoos Mountain which is on the N side of the Slieve Bloom range. A stone, 2.30m long, 70cm thick and 70cm high, aligned N-S, seems to be set.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: Alongside to the W are four prostrate stones measuring 1.50m to 2.10m in maximum dimension and a fifty partly-buried.
What was found
The saved account records: The site, in a clear-felled area of forest, lies just uphill from a stream on the W slope of Barradoos Mountain which is on the N side of the Slieve Bloom range.
What remains
The saved account records: According to a local story the stones were dislodged by the soldiery in 1798.
Why it mattered
Giants Grave — Killinaparson matters because a belief or tradition is tied to this exact place and forms part of its local memory. The source records: According to a local story the stones were dislodged by the soldiery in 1798. The tradition is kept as a recorded belief; it is not silently turned into literal fact.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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