Giant's Grave, Beorgs of Housetter

At the base of Beorgs of Housetter are a couple of standing stones, erected, we are told, between 4000 and 2500BC. A cairn, pictured below, was also built close by, and its name of Giant's Grave indicates the burial of someone large, or powerful, or both.

The Hebrew scriptures not infrequently reference giants, usually referring to powerful pagan kings, sometimes hinting at a trace of sinister origins. Certainly, the wickedest rulers seem to have a sense of cunning and intelligence which far outstrips their more innocent rivals. Whether the Evil One lends them his aid, or whether their fallen human hearts simply excel in their desire to do evil, I cannot tell. Like our friend of Shetland, whose gravestones survive, these giants come crashing down in the end.

Psalm 82: 6-7:

I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

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