First recorded on Ordnance Survey maps in 1835, this enigmatic site has since vanished from the landscape, leaving behind only historical records and scholarly speculation about its true nature.

When antiquarian Thomas Fagan visited the site in 1846, he documented what remained of the monument: two standing stones set amongst a scatter of loose rocks. The larger stone was an impressive four feet tall, whilst its companion measured six feet in length but stood only two feet high. Fagan believed these stones were the last vestiges of a Giant’s Grave, a type of megalithic tomb found throughout Ireland. Unfortunately, he didn’t record how the stones were positioned relative to each other, leaving modern archaeologists with an incomplete picture of the original structure.

By 1903, when the Ordnance Survey conducted their detailed 1:2,500 scale mapping of the area, the stones had been cleared away entirely, likely removed by local farmers expanding their fields or seeking building materials. The site was subsequently marked on maps as “Giant’s Grave (Site of)” to indicate its former presence. Despite its inclusion in the Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland, scholars remain uncertain about what type of monument actually stood here; whether it was indeed a passage tomb, a wedge tomb, or perhaps another form of prehistoric burial site altogether.