What is recorded here

Gallaín stood as a five-stone circle on a low Cork ridge, its small diameter leaving little room for doubt about human intention. The stones rose barely a metre, yet they marked a boundary between pasture and memory until men buried them in a quarry. What remains is not a ruin but a disappearance, forcing imagination to rebuild what arrogance erased.

On top of low ridge in rolling pasture. Circle comprised five stones, one of which had fallen; internal diameter 3.5m. Neither entrance stones nor axial stone could be identified with certainty. Stones measured 0.8m to 1.3m L, 0.5m to 0.8m T and 0.5m to 0.9m H. Prostrate slab, possibly fallen standing stone, lay 2m S of circle. Monument was destroyed in 1970s and stones thrown into abandoned quarry in SW corner of field. (Ó Nualláin 1984a, 30, no. 49) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.