What is recorded here
Wedge tomb is a prehistoric burial chamber in County Fermanagh where the dead were laid beneath angled stone and forgotten until people began calling it the altar of druids or the grave of giants. The names reveal more than measurement: they show how often the community projected its own myths onto an older silence. The chamber no longer needs explanation, only witness.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as WEDGE TOMB: THE DRUID'S ALTAR & 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/Bronze Age transition, c. 2500–2000 BCE. It is significant as part of a regional tradition of megalithic tombs in Ireland, reflecting early ceremonial and burial practices.
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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