Ballynahatty - The Giants Ring Henge

The Giant's Ring in Ireland (Irish: Éire) is a henge monument at Ballynahatty (Irish Baile na hÁite Tí) near Shaw's Bridge, Belfast (Irish: Béal Feirste). This was built in the Neolithic period in about 2700BC pre-dating the Egyptian pyramids. The site has a circular enclosure of about 590 ft (180 m) in diameter and 2.8 hectares (6.9 acres) in area. It is surrounded by a circular earthwork bank reaching 11 ft  (3.5 m) in height at places. East of the centre of the enclosure is a small passage tomb with a vestigial passage facing west. There is an exceptionally good article on this site on the website Lisburn.com (see the link below) written by B Hartwell. The monument is located to the south of Belfast, east of Malone Golf Course and west from the B23 Ballylesson Road.

Link: "Prehistory of The Giant's Ring & Ballynahatty" by B Hartwell in Lisburn.com.