What is recorded here

Giant's Grave (Site of) was a megalithic tomb in County Donegal, Ireland, named on maps from 1835 until the stones disappeared by 1903. Thomas Fagan found two set stones amid loose rocks in 1846: one standing four feet high, the other lying six feet long. Whether they marked a chamber, a alignment, or a forgotten burial remains uncertain. The land kept the name long after the grave itself vanished.

This feature is named 'Giant's Grave' on the original OS 6-inch map (1835) and on the revised 6-inch map of 1845-7. There are no visible remains at the site. When Thomas Fagan (1845-8) visited here in 1846 he found two set stones amid a spread of loose stones. The taller one measured 2 feet (c. 0.6m) by 11/2 feet (c. 0.45m) by 4 feet (c. 1.2m) high. The other was 2 feet (c. 0.6m) high, 6 feet (c. 1.8m) long and 11/2 feet (c. 0.45m) thick.Unfortunately he did not comment on the positioning of the stones relative to each other. However, he thought that they represented the remains of a 'Giant's Grave'. The feature appears to have been cleared by 1903, the date of the OS 1:2,500 survey of the area, after which it was named 'Giant's Grave (Site of)' on the OS 6-inch map. The nature of the site remains uncertain. Fagan 1845-8, book 11, 15; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 45-6, no. 133; SMR 1987, 55:8; RMP 1995, 55:8. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. The name and early map references suggest it was once a notable prehistoric monument, though its current status is as a site of historical interest only.

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.