What is recorded here

Half-buried in a NE-facing pasture slope, the long earth bank still holds a chamber wide enough for a person to walk through, though its south wall has vanished or sunk from sight. The name suggests giants, but the stones belong to ordinary people who shaped death into geometry before writing existed. A septal stone divides the main chamber from a smaller portico, as if marking the boundary between the living and the dead. Someone stood at that threshold, perhaps more than once, watching the light shift across the grass above.

Towards the top of a NE-facing slope in pasture. A large chamber (L 4.8m), whose S side is missing or hidden, is separated by a septal stone (H 1.05m) from a portico (dims 1.8m E-W x 1.2-1.5m N-S) flanked by façade-stones. These are at the W end of an E-W earth and stone bank (L 15m; Wth 4m), which may have a chamber at the E end, visible as two upright stones. A possible megalithic structure (LE002-018002-) is c. 30m to the N. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 46-7) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). Its significance lies in its structural complexity and the presence of a septal stone, reflecting advanced megalithic construction techniques in the region.

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