Clogher
The Boulder Burial (also Boulder Tomb) by Clogher ( Irish An Clochar ), known locally as "The Giant Stone", is located on a dry platform in an otherwise damp environment next to a forest plantation west of Monasterren (Mainistir Réadáin) in County Sligo in Ireland .
The large capstone measures around 1.8 m × 1.5 m × 0.7 m and rests on three supporting stones. Two bearing stones have a height of 0.35 m, while the stone in the south measures 0.25 m.
Seán Ó Nualláin recognizes affinities of this structure with those boulder burials that predominantly occur in southern Ireland (over 50). The existence of further boulder burials in Achonry, about 17 km away, and the boulder tomb in the Burren , a townland in County Cavan , support the 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.
The Wedge Tomb of Tawnymucklagh and Clogher Fort are close to Monasterren.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 56 ′ 39.8 " N , 8 ° 30 ′ 45.1" W.