Things to see or do
Amenities
- Directions from Town: A mile south of Shaw's Bridge, off the B23
- Opening times: 10am - 4pm March - Oct, 10am - 9pm April - Sept
- Prices: Free Admission
- Mobile narrative: Prehistoric enclosure, over 200 metres in diameter, with a dolmen in the centre.
Giant's Ring
Belfast
Antrim
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Northern Ireland
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 five upright stones and a large capstone, the bare frame of what was originally a chambered grave, covered with a cairn of stones and earth.
Contact
Telephone+44 (0)28 9054 6518Address: Giant's Ring, Near Shaw's Bridge, Lisburn
