What is recorded here
Keeran still holds a wedge tomb named Giant's Grave, marking the kind of buried chamber people built before written history. The official record protects that place as a prehistoric monument, yet the giant in its name suggests humans once imagined the dead large enough to break the horizon. Maybe they feared the grave, mocked it, or simply needed a story big enough to remember the shape of the stones.
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 prehistoric funerary tradition in Ireland. Its scheduling for protection highlights its archaeological and cultural significance.
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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