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Galláin

Standing stone

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Galláin is a subrectangular standing stone in County Cork, Ireland, rising 0.9m above rough grazing on a SW-facing slope. It sits 45m SE of another standing stone, its long axis pointing WNW-ESE. The place escaped the 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps, hiding in plain sight among grass and slope. Someone may have set it there to mark a boundary, a memory or a direction, but no name or date has survived to confirm the purpose.
Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In rough grazing, on SW-facing slope c. 45m SE of standing stone (CO049-011001-). Stone (H 0.9m; 0.8m x 0.36m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis WNW-ESE. 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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