What is recorded here

Leach-an-Faugha is a Court tomb in County Mayo, Ireland, known locally as Giant's Grave. Its 4m gallery holds two chambers divided by segmenting jambs, while huge orthostats and a displaced lintel mark where human hands shaped the dark. The cairn once stretched 15m across pasture now reclaimed from wilderness, suggesting buried lives still sleep beneath the grass.

Known locally as 'Giant's Grave'. Situated in recently reclaimed pasture. Site consists of a gallery (L 4m; Wth 1.6m), orientated approximately E-W. Entrance, at E. Two segmenting jambs (H 1.05m), 0.25m apart, divide the gallery into two chambers, one to the E (L 1.5m) and one to the W (L 2.3m). Jambs supported a lintel, now displaced, resting on gallery side. Two huge orthostats, one each on the N and S sides, form most of the gallery's outline. The backstone (H 1.55m) is at the W. Cairn material, (de Valera, ÓNualláin 1964, 85), since cleared, gave the site an overall length of 15m and a width of 9m. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 1. See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume II. County Mayo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1964) Date of upload: 5 December 2012

Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. Its orientation and structural features reflect early megalithic funerary traditions in the region.

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