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Known as 'The Giant's Griddle' and recorded as such on the 1/2 inch O.S. Map, this handsome megalith is fairly well preserved despite forming part of a modern wall into which some of the cairn stones have been built. The chamber lacks at least one of its side stones, but the large capstone is still in position. A cupmarked stone is contained in the wall near the Griddle, and remains of a second tomb lie close by. This monument is not easy to find without asking directions locally, nor is access to it straight forward since it is situated in bogland which often becomes waterlogged. But with suitable footwear it is well worth a visit, a peaceful and solitary site, with the long outline of the Ox Mountains dominating the view to the south. Some distance to the west, near Owenykeevan River but elusive in a vast tract of peat, are the Great and Small Griddles of the Fiana, two ruined gallery-tombs.