According to the legend, a giant terrorised the district until he was killed by an archer, in some tellings Jack the Giant Killer. Jack used the Giant's Stone to hide behind during the fight but received a mortal blow just as the giant died. It is said the stones mark his burial place. The largest of the three may have been part of a cromlech or a stone circle, according to tradition, while the other two are probably just boulders.
Late in the eighteenth century a grave was supposed to have been found by the Giant's Stone, covered by a large flagstone, and inside were the remains of a cinerary urn. That find may have fuelled the legend. Mysterious Britain's entry is the only source I have for this record, and the location is approximate, taken from the road to Fruid Water.
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