What is recorded here

Half a hectare of stone still marks the grave of giants on a SW-facing slope in County Meath, though no giant has ever been named. Inside the broad cairn, a narrow three-chambered gallery waits in shadow, its chambers no larger than a person stretched out with both arms raised. The dead may have believed size measured in distance, not height, and built a long house for memories rather than muscles.

Located towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope. A subrectangular cairn (dims 40m NW-SE: 15m NE-SW) incorporates at the NW end the remains of the gallery of a three chambered court-tomb (L 6.3m; Wth 2.3m). A single court stone is exposed to the N of the entrance jambs. (Eogan 1958, 179-81) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 31 August 2018

Three-chambered court tomb, Neolithic period (c. 3700–2500 BCE). Its subrectangular cairn and preserved gallery highlight the architectural sophistication of Neolithic funerary practices in the region.

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