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What is recorded here
Wedge Tomb: Giant's Grave in Mountdrum, County Fermanagh, is a prehistoric chamber tomb where human bones and memory still rest beneath ancient stone. It belongs to the Neo/B.A. period and remains scheduled for protection. The giant in its name may be local story rather than fact, but the tomb itself is real, old and unchanged.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as WEDGE TOMB: GIANT'S GRAVE. Recorded period: NEO/B.A.; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Wedge tomb dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, part of a distinctive funerary tradition in Atlantic Europe. Known locally as Giant's Grave, it reflects prehistoric burial practices and is protected as a scheduled monument.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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