Galláin in Ballyvongane, standing stone in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In flat pasture, on E side of Glashagarriff River valley. Stones, aligned ENE-WSW, stand 0.7m apart; overall length is 2.4m. NE stone leans to E and rests against SW stone; it is 0.5m L, 0.75m T and, if erect, c. 1.4m H. SW stone is 0.9m L, 0.75m T and 1.7m H. Stones stand at SW edge of field clearance mound. (O Nualláin 1988, 243, no. 95) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO060-148

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