Court Tomb by Carricknamoghil
That between 4000 and 2500 BC Court Tomb of Carricknamoghil (also called Dermot and Grania's Bed), built in the Neolithic Age , is located between bungalows in the townland of Carricknamoghil, north of Killybegs in County Donegal in Ireland . Court Tombs or Court Cairns ( German "Hofgräber" ) belong to the megalithic chamber tombs ( English chambered tombs ) of the British Isles . With around 400 specimens, they are found almost exclusively in the north of Ireland and in Ulster in Northern Ireland .
The remains of the Court Tomb of Carricknamoghil are difficult to interpret due to the destruction and heavy vegetation. A path runs through its 30.0 m long and 15.0 m wide low cairn . There are two galleries in the hill about 8 feet apart. The larger, western gallery is about 7 m long and may have had two chambers. It has a lintel over the entrance and traces of a courtyard on the eastern side. There are a few preserved stones that belong to the courtyard. The eastern gallery, around 4.0 m long, is less well preserved because the path runs here. The layout could indicate that it is a central court tomb (comparable to Ballyglass and Deerpark ) with opposing galleries. But it was probably a side chamber built on the side of the courtyard near its entrance.
Nearby lies Wedge Tomb of Casheltown .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 40 ′ 9.8 " N , 8 ° 25 ′ 22.1" W.