What is recorded here

Dallán is a vanished burial marker in County Cork bogland, recorded as a five-foot stone propped on smaller rocks and hidden beneath heather. An old resident called the spot Sean Uaig, or Old Grave, suggesting the rock may have guarded a dead person rather than merely marking a boundary. The earth has taken back even that much proof, leaving only the name and the shape of what was forgotten.

Not marked on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps; shown as standing stone named Dallán on 1936 OS 6-inch map. In bogland, on hilltop, c. 10m to WSW of stone row (CO013-01104-). Removed; no visible surface trace. Described by OS Field Momoranda (1933) as stone (L c. 5ft) 'covered with heather and earth', exposed at one end (6in T) where it is 'raised about 6in off the ground', with each side resting on smaller stones; an 'old resident when referring to this particular spot called it Sean Uaig or Old Grave'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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