Galláin

On gentle NW-facing slope overlooking Finnow River valley. Stones 5.8m apart, transversely set to E-W alignment of pair. E stone is 0.85m L, 0.65mT and 1.6m H. W stone is 1m L, 0.8m T and 0.95m H. (O Nualláin 1988, 250,no.161) 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 Bronze Age, the pair of standing stones at Galláin, Cloghboola Beg may have functioned as a ritual or territorial marker, possibly aligned with solar or seasonal events given their east-west orientation. No specific folklore is recorded, but such stone pairs often feature in local traditions of ancestral or supernatural significance.