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Finn McCool's Fingers

Shantemon, County Cavan

Five standing stones said to be a giant's hand.

On Shantemon Hill stands a row of five stones, one smaller than the rest. Legend says they are the fingers and thumb of the giant Finn McCool, thrown there in a battle, or left behind when he reached up from the earth.

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When
Bronze Age
Where
54.0350, -7.3430
Group
Hill figures & giants

Visiting

A forest walk climbs to the stones near Castletara.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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