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Galláin

Stone circle, five-stone

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. 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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