What is recorded here

Galláin is a 1.5m standing stone in County Cork, Ireland. It stands on a SW-facing slope in rough grazing, 45m NW of another standing stone. Its long axis points E-W. The stone has waited beside its neighbour since before human memory, marking a line across the grass that no map has ever drawn.

Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In rough grazing, on SW-facing slope c. 45m NW of standing stone (CO049-011002-). Stone (H 1.5m; 0.4m x 0.7m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis E-W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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