Giant's Ring

Nature, Parks and Beaches / Landscapes

  • Belfast, County Antrim, BT8 8LE
  • 028 9082 3207

Little is known about this prehistoric enclosure, over 600 ft in diameter, with an earthen bank 20 foot wide and 12 foot high and a dolmen in the centre.

Outdoors Attraction

Family Friendly Attraction

Accessible in some areas

Dog friendly

Opening Times

Mon - Sun

08:00 - 21:00

Pricing

Free

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Giant's Ring
Giant's Ring

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Prehistoric enclosure, over 200 metres in diameter, with a dolmen in the centre.

The big earthwork circle, roughly 200m across, is a beautiful example of a 'henge' monument, built in about 2700BC during the Neolithic period. Similar monuments are found elsewhere in Britain and Ireland, but this is one of the finest. In the middle is a tomb made up of 5 upright stones and a large capstone, the bare frame of what was originally a chambered grave, covered with a cairn of stones and earth.

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