What is recorded here
Megalithic tomb in Latbirget, County Armagh, built during the prehistoric period and still scheduled for protection. Giant stones mark the grave of a giant in local tradition, while the chamber itself may have held ancestors, offerings, or memories from a much older time. The site remains a place where human hands shaped stone for ceremony or burial before written history began.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEGALITHIC TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Megalithic tomb, dating to the Neolithic period. It is part of a tradition of prehistoric funerary monuments associated with early farming communities in the region.
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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