Giant's Ring

The Giant's Ring is a henge monument at Ballynahatty, near Shaw's Bridge, Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]. The site consists of a circular enclosure, 180 m in diameter and 2.8 hectares in area, surrounded by a circular earthwork bank 3.5 m high [1]. At least three of the five irregularly spaced gaps in the bank are intentional and possibly original [1]. East of the centre of the enclosure is a small passage tomb with a vestigial passage facing west [1]. A wall to protect the site was constructed under the supervision of local landowner Arthur Hill-Trevor, 3rd Viscount Dungannon in 1837 [1]. The Giant's Ring dates from the Neolithic period and was built around 2700 BC, before the Egyptian pyramids [1].