Galláin

On moorland saddle, to W of Carrigagulla Hill. Row of three stones, aligned NE-SW, 5.6m in overall length. NE stone is 0.7m L, 0.15m T and 0.75m H; top appears broken. Next stone, 2.4m to SW, is 1m L, 0.25m T and 1.85m H. SW stone, 0.9m from last, is 0.7m L, 0.25m T and 1.1m H; top appears broken. (O Nualláin 1988, 232, no. 10) 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

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the row of three stones at Galláin, Carrigagulla may have functioned as a ritual or ceremonial alignment, possibly marking a passage or astronomical orientation. Such stone arrangements are often associated with funerary or territorial practices in prehistoric Ireland.