What is recorded here

Galláin is a pair of quartzite standing stones in County Cork, Ireland. They stand 1.2m apart on a low mound in open pasture, aligned northwest to southeast. The larger stone reaches 1.4m, the smaller 1.3m, and both rise from the centre of a broad 15m mound. They are not a chamber, gate or alignment of many stones. They are two stones, set deliberately, left behind in a landscape still visible today.

In level pasture, on shoulder of gentle S-facing slope. Two quartzite stones, aligned NW-SE, stand 1.2m apart; overall length 3.6m. NW stone is 1.25m L, 1m T and 1.4m H. SE stone is 1.2m L, 0.8m T and 1.3m H. Stones stand on top and at centre of low mound (diam. c. 15m; H 0.5m). (Ó Nualláin 1988, 241, no. 76) 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

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