What is recorded here

Megalithic tomb in Ballydonohoe stood beside a rath and carried the name Giant's Grave before ploughs or men removed its stones. What remains is a low oval mound, barely wider than a room, yet large enough to hold several buried lives and the fear of the giant who supposedly owned them. The land keeps the shape even when the stones disappear, suggesting the grave was never only stone but a warning about size, strength and the danger of forgetting what humans buried there.

Marked 'Giant's Grave' on (he 184 1-42 and 1939 OS maps. It is situated NE of a univallate rath (379). The 'Giant's Grave' was levelled about 7-8 years ago and survives only as a low oval mound which measures 11.9m N-S and 13m E-W. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 8. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

Megalithic tomb, likely a portal dolmen dating to the Neolithic period. Its significance lies in its historical documentation on early Ordnance Survey maps and its association with a nearby rath, indicating a possible ritual or funerary landscape.

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