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According to Thomas Fagan (1845-8), 'one of those sepulchral graves commonly called Grania's Bed' was destroyed in this townland in 1840. Some stones of the structure still lay on the ground at the site, a slight hillock, when he visited the area in 1845. He was told that it had been built of large slabs set on edge and that it measured, internally, c. 8 feet (c. 2.4m) by 4 feet (c. 1.2m) by 4 feet (c. 1.2m) high and was roofed by a 'cover slab of great size and weight'. It had, apparently, stood in a cairn. Decayed bones, supposed to be human, were reputedly found 'at some depth' beneath the surface of the grave. The location of this site is not shown on OS 6-inch maps. Fagan has recorded that it stood on the holding of Thomas Durnin, perhaps the Thomas Durneen listed as occupier of a parcel of land of c. 82 acres (c. 33.2ha) in this townland in or around 1857 (Griffith 1848-64). The nature of the site remains uncertain.
Fagan 1845-8, book 1, 11.
The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
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