What is recorded here

Dermot and Granias Bed is a well-preserved wedge tomb at the western end of the central ridge on Inis Mór. Its narrow stone gallery opens west, narrows toward the rear, and remains roofed by three overlapping slabs. The chamber is small enough to enter, yet old enough to have outlasted every name spoken above it.

At W end of the central ridge of Inis Mór, in the subdivision known as Corruch. The tomb is fairly well preserved and is a Nat. Mon. It consists of a wedge-shaped gallery, aligned ENE-WSW (L 2.5m, Wth 1.8m at the open W end narrowing to 0.8m at the rear which is closed by a single slab). A closely set double wall of slabs runs along the exterior of S side. The gallery is roofed by three overlapping slabs. Some slight traces of a mound are apparent to S of the monument. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 17-18; Robinson 1980) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972). This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 43.

Wedge tomb; late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its alignment and preservation provide insight into funerary practices and ritual orientation in western Irish prehistory.

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