キャバンの天然記念物・トップ4

County viewing point

Incredible Stone-Age park, with some technical trails. Massive mythological sacred stones worshipped over centuries, will follow you when adventuring into this unique geological and archaeological forest landscape.

Wind swept bog mountain trails along the wind turbines dotted along the ridge and border with NI. The Slieve Rushen mountains are a geological park. This unique landscape was created when the icecaps melted.

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

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.

The holy well at Raffony is still highly venerated, locals still visit here on the 1st February, St Brigid's day. The semi-circular, stone-built, well house is situated inside an enclosure surrounded by a hedge. A short walk from the gate leads to a small paved area in front of the well. Each of the three large stones lying on top of the well house bears an inscribed cross. The site is very well maintained, I was expecting to see a lot more votive offerings at the well, as we visited shortly after St Brigid's day. The enclosure is located on the north side of the road, just beyond the old Church