What is recorded here
Dermot and Granias Bed is a wedge tomb in County Clare, Ireland. The name suggests a local story about a man named Dermot and a woman named Graniam. The stone structure still stands where people once buried their dead and shaped the landscape around them.
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; likely dates to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). This tomb type is significant as part of Ireland's megalithic heritage, reflecting early communal burial practices and stone construction techniques.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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