Galláin in Carriganine, stone circle in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on S side of hill overlooking Lee River valley. Probable five-stone circle represented by two orthostats and three apparently displaced stones along fence to S. W stone is 0.8m L, 0.7m T and 1m H; E stone is 1.1m L, 0.4m T and 1.1m H. (O Nualláin 1984a, 37, no. 69) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO070-092

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