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Dermot & Gráinne's Bed is a megalithic tomb of Neolithic or Bronze Age date situated near Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument may be a wedge tomb, a monument type particularly common in the west and southwest of Ireland. It stands on bedrock of the Argyll Group, Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks composed of psammite, semipelite and pelite that underlie this region of the north. The site is protected as a scheduled historic monument under reference 14176.
The name reflects the folk tradition associating the tomb with the legendary Irish hero Dermot and his beloved Gráinne, whose elopement features prominently in the medieval saga Tóchmarc Étaín and related Celtic literature. Such naming traditions are common across Ireland and Britain, where prehistoric megaliths accumulated stories and associations over centuries.
The monument survives in the modern landscape as a physical reminder of funeral practices and social structures in prehistoric Ireland, where substantial communal tombs served as enduring memorials to the dead and may have anchored territorial identity and ancestral claims to land.
Dermot & grainne's bed, dermot & grania's bed. megalithic tomb, possibly wedge tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14176. View the official record →
Dermot & Gráinne's Bed is a megalithic tomb of Neolithic or Bronze Age date situated near Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14176.
Dermot & grainne's bed, dermot & grania's bed. megalithic tomb, possibly 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 & grainne's bed, dermot & grania's bed. megalithic tomb, possibly 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 14176.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dermot & grainnes' bed, dermot & granias' bed. portal tomb (0 km), Rath (2.6 km), Rath (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dermot & grainne's bed, dermot & grania's bed. megalithic tomb, possibly wedge tomb's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Dermot & grainne's bed, dermot & grania's bed. megalithic tomb, possibly wedge tomb stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.