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Dermot and Grania's Bed is a wedge tomb situated near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. This megalithic monument dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age and belongs to the wedge tomb tradition, a class of chambered cairn characterised by their wedge-shaped ground plan and typically found across Ireland and western Britain. The tomb was constructed upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, ancient metamorphic rocks comprising psammite, semipelite and pelite formations that were created during the Neoproterozoic era and now form part of the underlying geology of this upland region.
The monument takes its name from the figures of Irish mythology, reflecting the local tradition of naming prehistoric sites after legendary characters. Wedge tombs such as this typically consist of a single chamber covered by stone slabs and surrounded by a cairn of smaller stones, serving as communal burial places for Neolithic or Bronze Age communities. The site is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, registered under reference 14563, ensuring its preservation as an important element of Northern Ireland's archaeological heritage.
Dermot and grania's bed. wedge tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14563. View the official record →
Dermot and Grania's Bed is a wedge tomb situated near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14563.
Dermot and grania's bed. wedge tomb dates from the neo/b.a. period, and is classified as a megalithic tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Dermot and grania's bed. wedge tomb is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 14563.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four stone circles & alignment (0.1 km), Standing stone complex - several stone rows, over 63 stones (0.8 km), Horned cairn. court tomb (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dermot and grania's bed. wedge tomb's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Dermot and grania's bed. wedge tomb stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.