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Giant's Ring

Near Shaw's Bridge, Off Ballynahatty Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT8 8LE
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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Mon - Sun 08:00 - 21:00

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Directions from Town:
At Shaw's Bridge, turn right onto the B23 Ballylesson Road, continue uphill to Ballynahatty Road, turn right berore Holy Trinity Church of Ireland. Follow road for 400 metres and take first left, signposted to Giants Ring for small carpark.

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