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Dermot and Granias Bed

Wedge tomb

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Dermot and Granias Bed is a wedge tomb in County Clare, Ireland. It is one of the oldest built landmarks still standing there. People may have gathered at it to mark death, honour ancestors or watch the sky. Its stones still hold that forgotten purpose.
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Date of upload: 30 December 2011
Portal dolmen; dates to the Neolithic period, approximately 3500–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of Ireland's megalithic tradition, reflecting early communal burial practices and stone construction techniques.

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