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Galláin

Standing stone, pair

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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. 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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