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In 1845 Thomas Fagan (1845-8) visited 'the ruins of an ancient sepulture locally called Dermot and Grania's Bed' in this townland. He described it as consisting of 'one grave 8 feet [c. 2.4m] long and 11/2 feet [c. 0.45m] wide enclosed at either side by a slab of the above length laid edgeways and standing 31/2 feet [c. 1.05m] high and 6 inches [c. 0.15m] thick'. Other, similar graves were supposedly destroyed here.
The site is not shown on OS 6-inch maps. Fagan described its location as 5 furlongs (c. 1km) NE of the road from Letterkenny to Falcarragh and on that part of the townland falling within the confines of OS 6-inch sheet 34. A general search in the area indicated by Fagan and local enquiry failed to reveal either a trace of it or information about it. The nature of the site remains uncertain.
Fagan 1845-8, book 5, 16.
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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