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Gaint's Leap 1Wedge Tomb Photo Gallery
Name: Gaint's
Grave,
Location: Gaint's
Leap, the Burren, Co. Cavan.
Access: By
foot. This site can only be reach by a hour long hike throught the hills and
woods of the burren. There is a Forest road with no car access part of the way,
as far as Burren Wedge Tomb.
Then a 1 km walk along a forest path.
Description:
This is a most impressive wedge tomb and is well worth the
effort to visit.
Traditional
Lore:
Information:
Measurements: The
kerb is 36 feet long. The main chamber is 17 feet in lenght. The interior
chamber is four feet widebut this narrows to 3 feet. There are two further
chamber which are blocked from the main chamber by cross slabs. There are five
capstones making up the kerb. The western capstone has ring and cup marks
Lat. : 54
15.9'N Long. : 07 52.7'W
Mythology:
Stories:
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Burren Wedge
tomb 1 
Gaints
Leap Wedge tomb 2 
