Giant’s Graves

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Giant’s Graves are a pair of Neolithic chambered tombs on the Isle of Arran in Scotland, known for their impressive stone structures and archaeological significance.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Giant’s Grave South 1
Giant’s Graves canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neolithic chambered tombs ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
access footpath from Whiting Bay ⓘ
category prehistoric monument in Scotland ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
currentUse archaeological site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
elevation hillside above Whiting Bay ⓘ
estimatedDate 3rd millennium BC ⓘ
feature chambered interior ⓘ
forecourt area ⓘ
rectangular cairn ⓘ
stone kerb ⓘ
upright portal stones ⓘ
foundBurntBone yes ⓘ
foundHumanRemains yes ⓘ
foundPotteryFragments yes ⓘ
foundStoneTools yes ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSignificance Neolithic ritual activity ⓘ
prehistoric burial practices ⓘ
hasPart Giant’s Grave North ⓘ
linked to: Giants Grave

Giant’s Grave South ⓘ
linked to: Giant’s Graves
hasViewOf Firth of Clyde ⓘ
Holy Isle ⓘ
heritageDesignation Scheduled Monument ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedIn Isle of Arran ⓘ
North Ayrshire ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear Holy Isle ⓘ
Whiting Bay ⓘ
maintainedBy Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
material local sandstone ⓘ
stone ⓘ
nameEtymology local folklore about giants ⓘ
numberOfCairns 2 ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
orientation roughly northeast–southwest ⓘ
period Neolithic ⓘ
region Firth of Clyde ⓘ
structureType clyde-type chambered cairn ⓘ
surveyed 19th century ⓘ
surveyedBy antiquarians ⓘ
usedFor collective burial ⓘ
ritual activity ⓘ
visibility prominent on hillside ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Whiting Bay → hasNearbyFeature → Giant’s Graves ⓘ
Giant’s Graves → hasPart → Giant’s Grave South ⓘ
linked to: Giant’s Graves