Achonry
The Boulder Burial (also Boulder Tomb) of Achonry ( Irish Achadh Conaire ), marked on old OS maps as "Giants Grave", is located northeast of Tubbercurry ( Irish Tobar an Choire ) in County Sligo in Ireland .
The structure consists of three large, irregularly shaped boulders that lie flat on the ground, with a large oval capstone on top. The two southern lower boulders measure about 2.15 m × 2.0 m by about 70 cm thick and about 2.25 m × 1.6 m by about 90 cm thick. The north-facing, largest block measures 2.7 mx 2.7 m and 70 cm thick. A pass stone (0.35 m × 0.25 m × 0.2 m thick) lies between the northern boulder and the capstone. The capstone measures 3.55 m × 2.55 m. It is 1.4 m thick in the north and 0.5 m in the south.
Seán Ó Nualláin recognizes affinities of this structure with those boulder burials that predominantly occur in southern Ireland (over 50). The presence of other boulder burials in Clogher, about 17.0 km away, and the Boulder Tomb in the Burren , a townland in County Cavan, support this interpretation.
Boulder burials are dated to the Middle and Late Bronze Ages. The monuments were not covered by cairns and were often in groups of up to four. A feature of boulder burials are pits under the rock that contain cremated remains.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 4 ′ 26.2 " N , 8 ° 38 ′ 50.7" W.