What is recorded here

Giants Grave (Site of) is a megalithic tomb in Carricknagrip, County Sligo, Ireland. Wood-Martin recorded that the oblong structure sat in the centre of the present road until demolition around 1817, after which most slabs moved into nearby fences. The 1836 name Gliopach Mór preserves the local identity of the lost site.

According to Wood-Martin (1883-4; 1888), this feature was destroyed about the year 1817. The father of his informant had been engaged in its demolition. Wood-Martin (1883-4, 451, no. 8; 1888, 172, no. 8) states: 'It appears to have been oblong in form; it lay right in the centre of the present road, and most of the slabs of which it was composed are now in the fences on either side'. In 1836 it was recorded as 'Gliopach Mór' (OSL, 242). There is a possibility that the feature referred to was a megalithic tomb. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 99, no. 25) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Portal dolmen, dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its destruction in the early 19th century prevented further study, but such monuments are significant as early ritual or burial sites in the Irish megalithic tradition.

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.