Muntermellan, county Donegal: Dermot and Grania's Bed or The Dane's Cave*
C 018 388 - Sheet 2
Nearest village: Dunfanaghy
Tucked between two rocky ridges overlooking Dunfanaghy, the sea, and a panorama
of Errigal and Muckish mountains beyond,
this tomb is bolder and more dramatic than most modern sculpture.
There are two roofstones - a table-like horizontal slab, and a larger one
which has been displaced and now leans against the slender upright portal-slab
on the right.
Obviously, the entrance-portals have been pushed together both before
and after the capstone slipped.
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*The Dane's Cave is a name dating from the 18th century,
when antiquarians thought that Vikings were responsible for Irish megaliths
and earthworks.