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1. Cavan Burren Park loop from Blackiron

10.1km

02:54

250m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Tullygobban Tomb – Giant's Grave & Giant's Cave loop from Blacklion

4.49km

01:14

80m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Sebastian Kowalke

November 17, 2020

In the Burren Forest you can admire a few megalithic tombs, the so-called Giant's Graves. According to an Irish legend, two giants vied for a pretty giantess and jumped daringly over a ravine - until one fell into the ravine and the stone walls collapsed above him. This is how the Giant's Grave was created.

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Bumble-Bee

April 25, 2021

Many of Ireland’s megalithic monuments—portal tombs, court cairns, or wedge tombs such as this one—are known locally as “the giant’s grave.” But this one, on a hilltop in Co. Cavan’s Burren Forest Park, has a giant story to go along with its name. According to Harold Johnson, from the nearby town of Blacklion, the giant, attempting to impress a lady, failed in his final attempt to jump the nearby chasm, which is, of course, called “The Giant’s Leap.”

Harold Johnson relates this story in some detail, while seated on the Giant’s Grave, in the video, below right. Mr. Johnson also was our guide, and provided the narration, for our feature on the Killinagh Cursing Stones, located on the opposite side of the town of Blacklion.

(voicesfromthedawn.com/burren-giants-grave/)

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Location: Cavan, Ireland

Giant's Grave & Giant's Cave

1. Cavan Burren Park loop from Blackiron

2. Tullygobban Tomb – Giant's Grave & Giant's Cave loop from Blacklion

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