Galláin

On low rise, in forest to W of Carrigagulla Hill. Probable three-stone row, aligned ENE-WSW. NE stone is prostrate; it measures 4.1m by 0.7m and is c. 0.5m T. Pair of stones stand 3.4m to W. NE stone is 0.75m L, 0.4m T and 1.95m H. Second stone, 0.65m to WSW, is 0.75m L, 0.15m T and 0.4m H; its top appears broken. Overall length of pair is 2m. (O Nualláin 1988, 232, no. 11) See Excavations 2003, 42-3. 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, this three-stone arrangement may have had ceremonial or astronomical significance, common to such alignments in prehistoric Ireland. Local folklore or specific use is not recorded.