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Dermot & Gránia's Bed is a wedge tomb located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. This Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument takes its name from the legendary figures of Irish mythology, a naming convention common amongst ancient Irish monuments. The tomb stands on bedrock composed of Ordovician extrusive rocks, mafic lavas and tuffs that form part of the region's ancient volcanic geology, which would have been exposed as suitable stone for the monument's construction during the Neolithic period.
Wedge tombs represent a distinctive form of megalithic burial architecture that flourished in Ireland during the later Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. Characterised by their wedge-shaped ground plans, these monuments typically decrease in height from entrance to rear and often incorporate dry-stone walling alongside their larger orthostatic stones. Such structures served as communal burial places, reflecting the social and spiritual practices of early farming communities.
The monument remains protected by the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland under reference number 14627, preserving this important archaeological site for future study and public access. The location at grid reference H5862077650 places the tomb within the upland landscape of Tyrone, an area rich in prehistoric monuments that testify to sustained human settlement and ritual practice across many millennia.
Dermot & grania's bed. wedge tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14627. View the official record →
Dermot & Gránia's Bed is a wedge tomb located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14627.
Dermot & 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 & 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 14627.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including White stones. court tomb (3.8 km), Bivallate rath (5.6 km), Termon rock, tearmann comain, termon-conyn, termon cumainig. church, 2 graveyards, 5 wells & cross-carved stone (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dermot & grania's bed. wedge tomb's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Dermot & grania's bed. wedge tomb stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.