What is recorded here

Giants Grave is a standing stone, pair in Kilfaughna, County Roscommon, Ireland. Two stones stand seven metres apart on a gentle slope facing southwest, roughly two hundred metres from an eastern arm of Lough Key and eight hundred metres northwest of where the Boyle river leaves the lake. The western stone rises one point two five metres while the eastern stone reaches one point one metre, both leaning from northwest to southeast along a line stretching from west-northwest to east-southeast.

On a gentle SW-facing slope, c. 200m from the shore if an E arm of Lough Key, c. 800m NW of where the Boyle river leaves the lake. Two stones placed 7m apart are aligned WNW-ESE. The W stone (dims 1.65m x 0.25-0.5m; H 1.25m) is oriented NW-SE and the E stone (dims 1.95m x 0.2m; H 1.1m) is oriented NW-SE. (deValera and O'Nuallain 1972, 41) See the attached view taken from the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, Giants Grave, Kilfaughna may have functioned as a ritual or territorial marker. The alignment and placement suggest possible ceremonial or astronomical significance, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.

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