Galláin in Caum, standing stone in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In flat pasture, 150m N of loop of River Lee. Monument destroyed between 1977 and 1984. Stones, aligned NNE-SSW, stood 0.5m apart; overall length was c. 2.3m L. N stone was 1m L, 0.65m T and 1m H. S stone was 0.8m L, over 0.5m T and 0.7m H. (O Nualláin 1988, 244, no. 104) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO071-104

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