What is recorded here
Dermot & Granias Bed (Site of) is a boulder-burial in Rathdermot, County Tipperary, Ireland. Two conglomerate boulders sit about 6 metres apart on an east-facing pasture slope, aligned roughly north to south. Stones scatter around each boulder, with some pressed into the sod, while the larger measure is 1.25 metres long, 0.8 metres wide and 0.75 metres thick. The site faces east, south and southwest, with a clear view toward the Galtee Mountains to the south.
In undulating pasture, on an E-facing slope. Good views E-S-SW, particularly Galtee Mountains to S. Two conglomerate boulders c. 6m apart (oriented c. N-S). Scatter of stones around each, some pressed into sod. Boulder (L 1.25m; Wth 0.8m; T 0.75m) with another possible boulder-burial (TS067-060----) to S. Long axis of both stones orientated c. N-S.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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