Dermot and Grania's Bed

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the plant of the same name in Northern Ireland, see Wedge Tomb by Dunnamore .

Dermot and Grania's Bed ( Irish Leaba Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne , the "Bed Diarmaids and Gráinnes") is a megalithic complex . It lies in a long hair that contains two portal tombs about 10 meters apart . The aanlage is in the townland Toome ( Irish Tuaim ), near Dungloe ( Irish An Clochán Liath ) near the northern tip of Toome Lough ( Irish Loch Tuama ) in the Trusklieve Mountains ( Irish Troscshliabh ) in County Donegal in Ireland . Dermot and Grania's Bed is also the (mostly local) nickname for countless megalithic sites in Ireland and Northern Ireland .

The neglected hill is littered with household garbage. At one end of the hill is "Dermot and Grania's Bed", a collapsed dolmen , recognizable by the approximately two meter high portal stones that flank a 1.2 m high door stone. The capstone, which has slipped into the chamber, is supported by brackets outside the low rear supporting stones. The stones are made of limestone and granite . The other portal, Tomb, is more severely damaged, but still has some massive bearing stones.

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Dermot and Grania's Rock

As portal Tomb be megalithic referred to in which two equally high upright stones, the front of the chamber formed and form the "door frame" with the massive part endstone. A mostly half-height, so-called door stone stands between the two orthostats. Most of the plants are located in the eastern half of Ireland. West of the Donegal - Cork line, only about two dozen of the 175 or so plants are represented.

There are several megalithic complexes in the British Isles with the name "Dermot and Grania's Bed" as their main name (e.g. Bunratty Lower, County Clare , Deerpark, County Limerick , Gortnavern County Donegal and Labbadermody, County Cork ) or as a nickname (e.g. B. Baurnadomeeny , Ballysheen Beg , Carricknamoghil , Crannagh , Loughmacrory , Murnell's Dolmen or the Oghil Wedge Tomb on Inishmore ).

Also known is Dermot and Grania's Rock, a breakwater near Fodry , in County Clare .

The name refers to the legendary story Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne (“The persecution of Diarmaid and the Gráinne”) from the Finn cycle about the tragic love of Gráinne , the young wife of the aging Finn mac Cumaill , to Diarmait and others Duibne, a young boy and handsome warrior.

See also

• Megalithic sites in Ireland
• List of Portal Tombs in Ireland

literature

• Peter Harbison : Guide to National and Historic Monuments of Ireland . Gill and Macmillan, Dublin 1992, ISBN 0-7171-1956-4 .

Web links

• Description Engl. and picture
• Image from Dermot and Grania's Rock
• Description Engl. and pictures

Coordinates: 55 ° 7 ′ 13.3 "  N , 7 ° 39 ′ 29.9"  W.